--- Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
