Re: dialout, dip, uucp groups.

[Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>]

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?

Dialing out using minicom, and dialing out (or in) using pppd have
different security implications (especially if routing is enabled on
your host), so you might want to restrict people to being allowed to
do just one of these things.

Cheers, Phil.