On Sunday 18 September 2005 09:38, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I eventually decided to set up my winmodem (hcfpci) to be able to > send/receive faxes and as a backup for when adsl goes down. I noticed that > a group called dialout was created: > =============================== > dialout:x:20:root > ===============================
yah, this looks like it sets permissions for the actual dialup scripts. That said you'll need to be a member of the dialout group. > The Dial up Gentoo Wiki says that for security purposes one should create a > new ppp group and add those users who will be allowed to dial up. It also > suggests to alter the original access rights of /usr/sbin/pppd: > =============================== > -r-s--x--x 1 root root 238244 Sep 17 08:29 /usr/sbin/pppd > =============================== > > to 4550: > =============================== > -r-sr-x--- 1 root ppp 238244 Sep 17 08:29 /usr/sbin/pppd > =============================== Yup, helps for security. > Any idea what the dialout group is there for? See above. > Also, when I want to dial up which is the 'right' sequence to bring up: > 1) /etc/init.d/hcfpci start > 2) /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 start If hcfpci needs net.ppp0, it will start it for you, visa-versa too. Chris White
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