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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    Bug#23547: pppd permissions
From:       Harri Porten <harri () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2001-04-02 18:25:50
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laurence@zxmail.com wrote:
> 
> Package: kppp
> Version: KDE 2.1.0
> Severity: normal
> Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
> Compiler:          Not Specified
> OS:                Linux
> OS/Compiler notes: Not Specified
> 
> If you havn't got permission to run pppd kppp dials ok but then complains about \
> pppd died returning 0. After looking in the source there's an #if 0 around main.c, \
> line 927, which checks the permissions, and after enabling this kppp correctly \
> complained.

What were the permissions of pppd exactly ? Please send me the output of
ls -l.

Note that there is absolutely no problem if pppd is not setuid root as
long kppp is. That's why the check in main.cpp is commented out. It
would give false alarms otherwise.

Harri.


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