[OLUG] non-privileged ppp ...?

[Adam Lassek]

Well I'm certainly not a guru, but wouldn't it be much easier to just
have something like diald running?

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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