Hmmm... If I create a NIS group (with a high ID), called serial_ports, dhould I just, as root, chgrp /dev/ttyS0 so that it's group is serial_ports ?
João On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 12:47 PM Michael Stone <mst...@debian.org> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 02:48:56PM -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote: > >Right, that's best practice. > > > >But, what if I need to include a user who is defined in NIS in lp or ttyS0 > >group? Would going into /etc/group in *every* machine be unavoidable? > > That's one option. Another would be to create new centrally-managed > groups and give those groups permissions to do what is needed across the > environment. A third option would be to give people certain permissions > when they log in. There are any number of solutions, all of which will > be more reliable than trying to centrally manage system groups. The best > option really depends on what you're trying to accomplish. > > Mike Stone > >
