On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 00:03:15 -0900, Ethan Benson said: > On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 12:19:00AM -0800, Nate Amsden wrote: > > Ethan Benson wrote: > > > > > NEVER *EVER* add yourself to group disk. *NEVER* > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ id > > uid=1000(aphro) gid=1000(aphro) groups=1000(aphro), > > 0(root),4(adm),5(tty),6(disk), 20(dialout),24(cdrom), > > 25(floppy),29(audio),50(staff),60(games),45(usb) > > > > > > *cough* > > > > shoot me :P > > run cat /dev/urandom > /dev/hda > mke2fs /dev/hda > cat /dev/zero > /dev/hda > etc etc > > you might as well just login as root and not bother with a normal > account as your normal account is just as powerful as root is.
Thanks for pointing out how dumb it is being a member of disk group. I was just removing myself ( ;-) ) and noticed that in addition to the group dip (needed to be able to use pon), there was a group dialout. What is this group doing there? and under which circumstances would one ever need to be a member of it? Matthew -- Using intelligent power: RISC OS, Be OS, Debian Linux Enjoying computing.
