HedHat 6.2

On Sun, 7 May 2000, The Wolf wrote:

> Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 17:53:42 -0700
> From: The Wolf <codewolf@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: HedHat 6.2
>
> I have not had the chance to play with the newest RH 6.2 but if you
> have installed the pppd and it still gives to the same error it is
> because you pppd's premissions are set so only the root can execute it.
> The best way is to run it when you need it as root or set the SUID
>
> cd <directory you have pppd installed - /usr/sbin/>
> chmod 4755 pppd
>
> Setting SUID is convinient way of executing a lot of
> admin programs however you should be aware this
> premission setting also carries a security concerns.
>

Of course, Linux seems to be getting less and less mindful of security. I
wish RedHat didn't come with so many services enabled by default. For
example, most users don't need httpd enabled by default; nor do they need
telnet enabled. They should be disabled out of the box, and people can
turn them on as required.

Just my $0.02.

> The Wolf
>
>
> Clayton Stapleton wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > Have installed RedHat 6.2 on a Pentium 450Mh with 128MB of RAM. It will
> > not recognize the "fdisk" command either as user or root, does anyone
> > know
> > why?
> > The next problem is with KDE's Kppp. When selecting Kppp from the list
> > it just shows a box asking for root password and when it is entered the
> > box
> > disappears and nothing happens. Any help would be appreciated.
> > The third problem is when typing "kppp" from the CLI there is an error
> > message "pppd is not properly installed" "The pppd binary must be
> > installed
> > with the SUID bit set. Contact your system administrator." How does one
> > set the SUID bit?
> > Trying to get this working so that I can try KMail.
> > TIA
> > Clay Stapleton
> >
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> the question is if we are paranoid enough."
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