Am Samstag, 17. Juli 2010 schrieb Marco d'Itri: > 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. > Sorry. if I am wrong, I am not very well experienced with the required access rights. The background of my report is, that I tried to start the application "umtsmon" (a dialout application for 3g-modems) as a normal user, and I found no way to start it as no one else as root. The main problem is: It MUST be started as root, as /dev/ppp has to be accessed by root. In other words: If you start umtsmon as user root, everything is working fine, if you start it as a normal user (which should be able to), it crashes because it cannot get access to /dev/ppp.
> > 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. Ok, I am still learning. What is the better way? > > > 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. > Just an idea.... > BTW, I am the udev *and* ppp maintainer. This is very fine, so everything is in one hand and I hope, if I have questions, I may ask them, even if they are dump. Please be gentle... I will check the situation and maybe find another way. Happy hacking! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201007172325.36698.hans.ullr...@loop.de
