On Jul 17, "Hans-J. Ullrich" <hans.ullr...@loop.de> wrote: > applications, which are using /dev/ppp also must be run as root. I think, for We have group dip to manage access to programs which can start network connections.
> Normal users, which are allowed to dial out, should be added to group > "dialout" by root. Device /dev/ppp should be set to 660, and owner > root:dialout. No way, this is totally wrong. > I suggest, to add these changes in the next version of udev. Doing so as a > standard, it is easy to set all dialout applications, like kppp, umtsmon, > gppp > and other similar to execute as group "dialout". They are not supposed to. BTW, I am the udev *and* ppp maintainer. -- ciao, Marco
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