diff -Naur ppp-2.4.1/pppd/main.c ppp-2.4.1-p/pppd/main.c

--- ppp-2.4.1/pppd/main.c	Thu May 16 11:34:27 2002

+++ ppp-2.4.1-p/pppd/main.c	Thu May 16 11:36:43 2002

@@ -795,6 +795,11 @@

     if ((pidfile = fopen(pidfilename, "w")) != NULL) {

 	fprintf(pidfile, "%d\n", getpid());

 	(void) fclose(pidfile);

+	if (getuid() != geteuid()) {

+		if ((chown(pidfilename, getuid(), -1)) < 0) {

+			error("Failed to chown pid file %s: %m", pidfilename);

+		}

+	}

     } else {

 	error("Failed to create pid file %s: %m", pidfilename);

 	pidfilename[0] = 0;

@@ -816,6 +821,11 @@

 	if (ifname[0])

 	    fprintf(pidfile, "%s\n", ifname);

 	(void) fclose(pidfile);

+	if (getuid() != geteuid()) {

+		if ((chown(linkpidfile, getuid(), -1)) < 0) {

+			error("Failed to chown pid file %s: %m", linkpidfile);

+		}

+	}

     } else {

 	error("Failed to create pid file %s: %m", linkpidfile);

 	linkpidfile[0] = 0;