Re: utmp group proposal

[md@linux.it (Marco d'Itri)]

n May 21, "Karl M. Hegbloom" <psu25682@odin.cc.pdx.edu> wrote:
 
 >    >> `minicom' is group owned by `uucp'.
 >    Marco> This is wrong. BTW, it's not even sgid, so I see no reason
 >    Marco> to chown the binary to the uucp group.
 > Should it be `chgrp dialout', with o-x?  Or root.root, o+x, and rely
 > on device permissions for access control, so that a machine could
 > have perhaps a ttyS for a serial line, and another for a dialout
 > modem or something?  Is that real?
The second way.

 > The question is, do we really need `dialout', `dip' AND `uucp'?  You
 > tell me and we'll both know.  I'll listen to more experienced advice.
Yes, we do. They have different meanings.

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ciao,
Marco