Re: setuid root (i think)

Subject: Re: setuid root (i think)
From: David J. Weller-Fahy (dave-lists-aklug@weller-fahy.com)
Date: Tue Jun 17 2003 - 17:26:51 AKDT

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* dhull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> [2003-06-17 08:20]:
> How do I "setuid root" the ppp stuff so users can run "pon dial"?

Not sure how to do that, but you may want to check out 'sudo'. That
allows users to run programs as root (you can limit it to one user
and/or one program).

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