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