Re: dialout, dip, uucp groups.

[psu25682@odin.cc.pdx.edu (Karl M. Hegbloom)]

>>>>> "Philip" == Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> writes:

    Philip> psu25682@odin.cc.pdx.edu (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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