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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 18:25:32 -0800 (PST)
From: "'The Buddha' Doug McLean" <dougmc@u.washington.edu>
To: linux@u.washington.edu
Subject: pppd and /dev/modem
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Howdy all!

Just a quick question:

A user wants to run pppd, but is getting denied because they are using
/dev/modem as a non-0 UID.  How would a user access /dev/modem as UID 0
when running pppd?  Thanks all!

Doug McLean
UW Educational Outreach
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