Re: [gentoo-user] Setting up group for ppp and dial up

[maxim wexler]

--- Mick <michaelkintzios@××××××××.uk> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I eventually decided to set up my winmodem (hcfpci)
> to be able to
> send/receive faxes and as a backup for when adsl
> goes down.  I noticed that
> a group called dialout was created:
> ===============================
> dialout:x:20:root
> ===============================
>
> The Dial up Gentoo Wiki says that for security
> purposes one should create a
> new ppp group and add those users who will be
> allowed to dial up.  It also
> suggests to alter the original access rights of
> /usr/sbin/pppd:
> ===============================
> -r-s--x--x  1 root root 238244 Sep 17 08:29
> /usr/sbin/pppd
> ===============================
>
> to 4550:
> ===============================
> -r-sr-x---  1 root ppp 238244 Sep 17 08:29
> /usr/sbin/pppd
> ===============================
>
> Any idea what the dialout group is there for?
>
> Also, when I want to dial up which is the 'right'
> sequence to bring up:
> 1) /etc/init.d/hcfpci start
> 2) /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 start

This is all news to me. I've just been using pon
<name-of-connection> and poff <name-of-connection>


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