Re: kppp starting problem

[Rajesh Fowkar <rfowkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Thanks a lot to all who replied to my mail.

The chmod 4755 /sbin/pppd solved the problem,

Rajesh


On Fri, 02 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> >Hi everybody,
> >
> >Since during upgrade there was a reading error on CHIP CD-ROM and my
> >installation abruptly ended resulting in corrupt system files.
> >
> >Now I have installed Red Hat 6.0 from the CD after creating a fresh
> partition.
> >
> >When I try to start KPPP (through any other account than root) to dial to
> >internet I get the following error :
> >
> >error :
> >pppd is not properly installed. The pppd binary must be installed with the
> SUID
> >bit set. Contact your System Administrator.
> >
> >What could be the problem ? How to rectify it ?
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> pppd needs to mess around with files in /etc/ppp directory and also do other
> "root"y things. Generally pppd is not setuid root, which means that that
> even though pppd is owned by root, it can't work as a priviledged process.
> To rectify this, you can do
> 
> #chmod 4755 /sbin/pppd
> 
> or always run kppp as root but su'ing to root and executing kppp.
> 
> 
> Akshat
> 
> 
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