Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 00:20:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com> To: Kyle Mestery <mestery@winternet.com> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sig 12's with user PPP Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970829001958.27346A-100000@echonyc.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970828223325.10102A-100000@tundra.winternet.com>
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On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Kyle Mestery wrote: > On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > > > Sounds *really* like an installation thing. Can you remove the UID > > bit on ppp and run it as root. You should get a core with the sig 12 > > - it would be interesting to know what the syscall problem is. > > > Sure, I can try this, but this happens regardless of whether or not I run > ppp as root or as another user. PPP has to run as root, but with the SUID bit set it won't produce a core dump. Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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