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Old 01-20-2004, 04:31 PM   #16
Azmeen
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Originally posted by tigerflag
I got pppd working once i figured out where to set it up. Now i have another question about user permissions.

pppd wants me to be root. I know I can change that and I'll figure out how. I don't like to go online as root. But I have to be root to run Swaret, too.

I can su to root to run pppd and Swaret, but isn't it risky to be online for hours like that when Swaret is downloading stuff?

Can I change the group for Swaret so that I can use it as a user, but have it download stuff to /var/swaret instead of to my /home?
It's a non-issue. Linux is multi-user, and whether you like it or not some services/apps require root priviledges.

Swaret and pppd won't be the only apps running under root priviledges... try running ps -ef | grep root to see what I mean
 
  


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