143011 – net-dialup/ppp - pppd permissions

Bug 143011 - net-dialup/ppp - pppd permissions

Summary: net-dialup/ppp - pppd permissions

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 142938

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2006-08-06 13:21 UTC by Konrad Karczewski
Modified:	2006-08-06 14:01 UTC (History)
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Description Konrad Karczewski 2006-08-06 13:21:28 UTC

After ppp installation the pppd has 4511 privileges and belongs to 'root:root'. It would be better to have execution permission limited to the group members by default - there's a 'dialout' group which probably can be used for this purpose. It's not a problem to this by hand but every update will of course 'reset' all changes and this creates a potential security risk.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-08-06 13:22:21 UTC

You've already filed this once.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 142938 ***

Comment 2 Konrad Karczewski 2006-08-06 14:01:58 UTC

sorry - I hit reload on that page...