Re: pppd changes permission to /dev/ttyS1 (my modem)
Quoting Mario Olimpio de Menezes (mario@curiango.ipen.br):
> On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Piotr Krukowiecki wrote:
> >
> > pppd removes g+w from /dev/ttyS1 after it is started. So next time I have
> > to be root to use my modem (and to connect to internet). How to make pppd
> > stop removing it ?
>
>
> better: add users that need to use modem to dialout group;
> # adduser user dialout
Wrong. That would allow all those users to snoop on each other's
ppp connections, since they get read-access to the modem port.
The correct group is dip.
Cheers,
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