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From: Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wvdial: dialup for users
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 19:19:56
Message-Id: 20051128080919.60665fe3.nick@rout.co.nz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] wvdial: dialup for users by "b.n."
1 On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:33:09 +0000
2 "b.n." <brullonulla@×××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > Alan E. Davis wrote:
5 > > I have tried alot of approaches. Wvdial is superior for detecting
6 > > hardware: it found my modem on ttyS14, where other approaches hadn't
7 > > found it.
8 > >
9 > > What I cannot seem to do is set up for my family to dial in from their
10 > > accounts. I have tried changing permissions of various kinds, adding
11 > > user to dialout, etc.
12 >
13 > suid the wvdial binary.
14 > m.
15
16 Don't do that! Just set the user in the correct groups per the
17 instructions in the ebuild!
18
19 suid is very rarely the correct answer. If it was the ebuild would do
20 it for you.
21
22
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Re: [gentoo-user] wvdial: dialup for users "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@×××××.com>