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Re: [PLUG] suid root ppp-down
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> 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
>
Which probably means you can hack around it by setting ppp suid...
(you'll most likely find ppp is the executable which ppp-down runs.)
I've seen some recommendations against doing it this way for security
reasons, but it ought to work.
--
Kevin Brosius
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