[PLUG] suid root ppp-down

[Darxus <darxus@op.net>]

Okay, so why doesn't this work as user darxus ?


darxus:tty6@d-bm4-27:~/bin> cat ppp-down
echo -n "I am: "
whoami
/usr/bin/killall pppd

darxus:tty6@d-bm4-27:~/bin> ls -l ppp-down
-rwSr-sr--    1 root     darxus         47 Apr  9 20:56 ppp-down

darxus:tty6@d-bm4-27:~/bin> ppp-down
I am: darxus
pppd(10184): Operation not permitted
pppd: no process killed


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