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Re: modem and security



On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 08:50:53AM +0200, Lorenzo De Vito wrote:
> What kind of security problem can I encounter changing the owner of my
> /dev/ttyS0 (modem) ?
> 
> # chown -c myuser /dev/ttyS0

you don't need to do that.  if you need to use the modem directly as
your normal user account add yourself to the dialout group.

if your just trying to dial ppp you don't need permisions to
/dev/ttyS*  just add yourself to the dip group and use `pon'

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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