>>>>> "Philip" == Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Philip> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes:
>> /dev/ttySx ought to be group owned by `dialout'. The
>> directories where the `uucp' programs need writes ought to be
>> owned by a `uucp' user and group `uucp'. The `uucp' user
>> should be put into the `dialout' group. Where does `dip' fit
>> in?
Philip> Dialing out using minicom, and dialing out (or in) using
Philip> pppd have different security implications (especially if
Philip> routing is enabled on your host), so you might want to
Philip> restrict people to being allowed to do just one of these
Philip> things.
Ok. So `Dialup IP' (dip) ought to be a different group from
`dialout' then, as it is now.
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