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Re: [Plug] PPP problems with Debian
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You could look at the sudo package...I've started using it and I absolutely
love it. It's an easy way to help keep your system security from laxing...
http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/
it's da bomb
k
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On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Chris Fearnley wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 03, 1999 at 08:33:09AM -0400, Andrew Libby wrote:
> > Consider:
> >
> > Under redhat, I use sudo for ppp. I have my unprivliged uid able
> > to execute any command as root, and then I have menu items in
> > fvwm which basicly run a custom ppp script (shell script) as root.
> > It has been working well for about a year now.
>
> That will work just fine. But it violates the principle of least
> privilege. Using groups and not running commands as root if at all
> possible is better policy, IMHO.
>
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