Dan Farrell wrote: > On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:30:23 -0600 > Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hmmm, I wonder why that was changed? I did a google search for uucp >> and group and it was interesting. It seems this is the norm now. >> When I added fax to the search, it seems that will solve my problem >> of having to fax something as root instead of a user. ;-) Learn >> something every day. I just wonder about my UPS and how it is going >> to like this change. Add nut to the group to I guess. >> >> Well, now we know huh? >> >> Thanks for the help. I better watch the rules update next time. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) :-) :-) >> >> > FWIW, it was kind of a PITA to set up dialup in a secure way for > multiple users to use with traditional UNIX permissioning. The > reorganization of groups, if it deals with that ugliness (visit > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_a_Dialup_Connection#Winmodems_with_Lucent_Apollo_.28ISA.29_and_Mars_.28PCI.29_chipsets > to see for yourself what I mean) I say, it's worth a bit of > reorganization of users. >
I also went diggin in the groups file, there is a dialout group in there that *should* address this. I mentioned in a early reply that this was likely a security thing. Your link seems to show that it is that. What I can't figure out is why no one warned us? I only use Linux and only have one puter that connects to the net so if I didn't know to check the permissions of the modem, I could have been stuck. Plus, I did get that error about my UPS. That was really helpful there. It actually showed me the permissions were wrong and I noticed they were changed from what they used to be. I also notice there is no mention of the uucp group in the link. It does mention using the group ppp but not uucp. Anyway, I plan to watch those udev config updates closer next time. They have always worked before but I learned that *may* not always be true. Thanks for the info. Dale :-) :-) :-) :-) -- www.myspace.com/dalek1967
