Re: /dev permissions

[Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>]

J. H. M. Dassen writes ("/dev permissions"):
> Aleph One wrote in c.o.l.a.:
> --
> [...]
> On a side note many 
>         distributions have the correct premission in the /dev/cua devices
>         but not on their equivalent /dev/ttyS devices. This is the case of
>         debian 0.93. To fix chown root.dialout /dev/ttyS*; chmod o-rwx 
>         /dev/ttyS*. Make sure that this does brake your other serial devices
>         such as your mouse.
> [...]
> --
> 
> Can someone check if this is true?

The ttyS* devices are not for dialout.  Dialout should use the cua*
devices.

ttyS* devices are for dialin and login (and sometimes for mice) should
generally be owned by root.  They should not be owned by dialout.

If the person telling you this wrote it in cola (.answers? .announce?)
they probably need to be informed that it's wrong so that they can
change their document.

Ian.