Barry Spindler on Sun, 9 Apr 2000 22:20:40 -0400 (EDT) |
Assuming ppp-down is a shell script, I'm pretty sure shell scripts can't be setuid-root with Linux.. try using a C program or something like sudo should work.. --Barry -- Tomorrow, this will be part of the unchangeable past but fortunately, it can still be changed today. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GPG Fingerprint: 5475 C984 D870 4ACD 9799 1B69 DFCE 17CB 8257 38C3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Darxus wrote: > > 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 > > > __________________________________________________________________ > PGP fingerprint = 03 5B 9B A0 16 33 91 2F A5 77 BC EE 43 71 98 D4 > darxus@op.net / http://www.op.net/~darxus > There is no fine line between genius and insanity. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://plug.nothinbut.net > Announcements - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://plug.nothinbut.net Announcements - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug
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