[H-GEN] okie just what I sort of need to know

[Allen Grace]

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>1. what does this mean

It means that the permissions on the executable are set wrongly.

>2. how can I correct it

as root, chmod +s /sbin/pppd

>3. what is SUID I assume it stands for SuperUser ID

Look at the permissions after you do the above. The s denotes that when
run by users other than root, the process is allowed to assume a UID of
0, i.e root, and do privileged things.

allen
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PD: pardon of my horror syntax english. you must be patient with me.

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