Previously Sam Couter wrote: > Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > dialout: > > > > HELP: Is this used for /dev/cua devices or something? > > Probably historically mixed up with uucp, fax and dip. I don't see why four > groups for serial port access are necessary.
No, they are very different: * dialout: full access to serial ports. If someone has this he can reconfigure the modem, dial anywhere, etc. * dip: allows a user to dialout using tools such as pon/poff, dip, wvdial, etc. * fax: allows a user to use fax software to send / receive faxes * uucp: used to be used for serial port locking, now just used by uucp Having those four seperate is extremely useful. Wichert. -- _________________________________________________________________ / Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liacs.nl/~wichert/ | | 1024D/2FA3BC2D 576E 100B 518D 2F16 36B0 2805 3CB8 9250 2FA3 BC2D |
