Bug 7070 - pppd not setuid root
Summary: pppd not setuid root
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: bin (show other bugs)
Version: 2.2.6-STABLE
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody)
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Reported: 1998-06-25 20:20 UTC by jose
Modified: 1998-06-26 16:06 UTC (History)
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Description jose 1998-06-25 20:20:01 UTC 
	Running "pppd" non-root brings up the message that pppd is not setuid
        root

Fix: 

Make "pppd" setuid root again?  Perhaps the install script is broken?
        Sorry, I'm not a good enough Unix person to know.
How-To-Repeat: 
	Type "pppd" as any user that isn't root
Comment 1 njs3 1998-06-26 14:00:24 UTC 
On Jun 25,  8:11pm, Jose Marques wrote:
} Subject: bin/7070: pppd not setuid root
> 
> 	Running "pppd" non-root brings up the message that pppd is not setuid
>         root

I'm not aware of any good reasons to make pppd suid root.  Though it has
been written with this in mind I don't think if offers any advantages
over the potential security problems.

Niall
Comment 2 dt freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 1998-06-26 16:03:33 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Fixed in src/usr.sbin/pppd/Makefile rev 1.4.2.2