Re: need help with modem

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Subject: Re: need help with modem
From: John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>
Date: 12 Dec 1999 12:56:12 -0600
Message-id: <[🔎] 87r9gs9eer.fsf@hasler.dhh>
In-reply-to: Joe Bouchard's message of "Sun, 12 Dec 1999 11:11:05 -0500"
References: <[🔎] 19991210152341.60353.qmail@hotmail.com> <[🔎] 3851282F.C3484014@valuestar.com> <[🔎] 19991212111105.A408@darkstar>

Joe Bouchard writes:
> Some of us use the "dip" group instead of "dialout".  What's the
> difference?

dip is the group that pppd and the ppp files belong to.  dialout is the
group that the serial ports belong to.  Membership in the dip group is
sufficient to allow users to use ppp as long as the provider file mechanism
recommended by the pppd authors and implemented by Debian is used.  Your
users must be members of dialout to use terminal programs such as minicom.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI

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