[OLUG] non-privileged ppp ...?

[Mark Lichtenberg]

I think all you need to do is chmod the permissions on /dev/ttyS2 (or
whatever tty your modem sits on.) so that users can execute. Also, you
probably need to give execute permissions to pppd, chat, and whatever
else is in your dialup scripts. 

Mark Lichtenberg 


mrmyster wrote:
> 
> hoping some wizard can help me with a frustrating
> problem having to do with pppd.
> 
> at home i have a server using mklinux pre-R1 on a
> powermac 7100/66.  after a lot of 'how-to-ing' and
> good advice i've got it up and running.  its networked
> to my two powermac7500's via ethernet and has a modem
> on it.
> 
> my goal is to build a web page (cgi) that i can get to
> from one of my other macs that will tell the server to
> dial in.
> 
> i can run the scripts as root (console or telnet) and
> get dial up started just fine.  also got firewalling
> and forwarding going (courtesy of IPFWADM) and its
> working great.
> 
> try as i might i can NOT get the ppp scripts (start or
> stop) to run from a non-privileged account.  that's
> going to be necessary for any kind of point and shoot
> act on one of the macOS machines to start dial up.
> 
> to start the dial in i'm executing the following
> command-
> 
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp ifcfg-ppp0 &
> 
> then i issue a firewall command.  to drop the
> connection i do this-
> 
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-ppp ifcfg-ppp0
> 
> i've tried setuid and setgid against the pppd and the
> scripts as well as several other pieces to no avail.
> 
> when i run the scripts from any user other than root
> i get a pppd error 2.  i read the man page on it
> and it wasn't very informative.
> 
> any guru?s that care to tackle this and relieve my
> stress?
> 
> thanx,
> michael
> 
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