On May 20, "Karl M. Hegbloom" <psu25682@odin.cc.pdx.edu> wrote: > I've noticed that there is currently a `uucp' group, a `dip' group, > and a `dialout' group. Do we really need all three? What is the Yes. uucp is used by the UUCP program, dialout owns the modem device and dip can start pppd and dip. > `minicom' is group owned by `uucp'. This is wrong. BTW, it's not even sgid, so I see no reason to chown the binary to the uucp group. -- ciao, Marco