On May 20, "Karl M. Hegbloom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 > I've noticed that there is currently a `uucp' group, a `dip' group,
 > and a `dialout' group.  Do we really need all three?  What is the
Yes. uucp is used by the UUCP program, dialout owns the modem device and
dip can start pppd and dip.

 > `minicom' is group owned by `uucp'.
This is wrong. BTW, it's not even sgid, so I see no reason to chown the
binary to the uucp group.

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ciao,
Marco

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