From 0875ace97fd7efe9a109a282a2f30c20872c78aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Mackerras Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 05:10:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Corrected the comment about the device name option being privileged. --- README | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index ea2d452..4096879 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ authenticating itself to you, of course.) What's new in ppp-2.3.6. ************************ -* The device name is now a privileged option, meaning a non-privileged - user cannot specify the device name on the command line or in their - .ppprc file. +* Pppd now opens the tty device as the user (rather than as root) if + the device name was given by the user, i.e. on the command line or + in the ~/.ppprc file. If the device name was given in + /etc/ppp/options or in a file loaded with the `call' option, the + device is opened as root. * The default behaviour of pppd is now to let a peer which has not authenticated itself (e.g. your ISP) use any IP address to which the @@ -313,4 +315,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is: ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ -($Id: README,v 1.14 1999/03/02 05:25:29 paulus Exp $) +($Id: README,v 1.15 1999/03/10 05:10:47 paulus Exp $) -- 2.39.2