by I am unable to get ppd to work for a normal user. When runned as root, it
does connect me without any problem. When runned as normal user, I get very
few feedback. I tried two methods:
a/ change permissions and groups on ppp-go and pppd
---> I get "device cannot be overridden" message
b/ use sudo ----> I get absolutely no feedback (except the ECHOs I added
as a dumb debugging). I just doesn't connect (no modem reaction). The
strangest is that if I su as root, then it works!!
I would like to solve b/ as it seems to be the most secure. I'm using Sudo
version 1.6.3 on Zipslack (latest). Here is my sudoers file:
-------------------------- sudoer file ------------------------------ #
sudoers file. # User alias specification User_Alias FULLUSERS = pierre #
Host Alias Host_Alias PC = darkstar, localhost, 127.0.0.1 # Cmnd alias
specification Cmnd_Alias CONNECT = /usr/sbin/ppp-go, /usr/sbin/ppp-off,
/usr/sbin/pppd Cmnd_Alias HALT = /sbin/halt, /sbin/reboot # User privilege
specification root ALL = (ALL) ALL pierre ALL =(root) NOPASSWD: CONNECT,
HALT
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sudo -l shows me that I'm allowed to use the specified commands and I am
indeed able to halt or reboot my machine as normal user. I have no
permissions warning when I execute ppp-go, it is just that the connection
doesn't happen (the modem doesn't react at all). Therefore it seems that
sudo is configured correctly ...
Here is my ppp-go file: ---------------------- ppp-go
------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh echo START rm -f
/var/spool/uucp/LCK* /var/run/ppp*.pid echo PPPD starting /usr/sbin/pppd
/dev/modem connect 'chat -v -f /usr/bin/.pppscript' defaultroute 115200 &
echo DONE
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Does anybody have an idea? Why does ppp-go works if I su as root and not
with sudo? Should I had some files or commands to the sudoers file?
Any help welcome!
Pierre
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