On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 02:17, John Hasler wrote: > The 'dip' group is for users who need to start a ppp connection. Certain > pppd-related files are in 'dip'. 'dialout' is for users who need to open > serial ports. The serial ports are in this group. It is not necessary to > be in 'dialout' to start a ppp connection. Thanks for the enlightening answer.