Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>:
Bug#10087; Package base.   debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.orgBruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Acknowledgement sent to "David L. Johnson" <dlj0@lehigh.edu>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>.   "David L. Johnson" <dlj0@lehigh.edu>  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 24 May 1997 04:38:49 +0000 Received: (qmail 5675 invoked from network); 24 May 1997 04:38:46 -0000 Received: from access.netaxs.com (mail@207.8.186.2) by 206.190.143.161 with SMTP; 24 May 1997 04:38:46 -0000 Received: from moebius (dlj0@consh1-9.slip.netaxs.com [207.8.213.109]) by access.netaxs.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA24372 for ; Sat, 24 May 1997 00:38:40 -0400 (EDT) Sender: dlj0@netaxs.com Message-ID: <33866241.709620D2@lehigh.edu> Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 23:36:33 -0400 From: "David L. Johnson" Organization: Lehigh University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b3C (X11; I; Linux 2.0.30 i486) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: submit@bugs.debian.org Subject: Permissions and files in /dev X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Package: base Version: 1.3 (to be) There was no file /dev/tty0, which my X wanted. There is, in this incarnation of debian, a file /dev/console (which was not created in 1.1), but I needed to make a symlink to get X to run. I had to change the permissions on /dev/ttyS1 in order for a regular user to be able to access the modem. -- David L. Johnson dlj0@lehigh.edu, dlj0@netaxs.com Department of Mathematics http://www.lehigh.edu/~dlj0/dlj0.html Lehigh University 14 E. Packer Avenue (610) 758-3759 Bethlehem, PA 18015-3174   Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org:
Bug#10087; Package base.   debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Acknowledgement sent to Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list.   Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 24 May 1997 14:26:06 +0000 Received: (qmail 10817 invoked from network); 24 May 1997 14:26:04 -0000 Received: from golem.pixar.com (138.72.27.59) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 24 May 1997 14:26:04 -0000 Received: by golem.pixar.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #2) id m0wVHkB-00IdTUC; Sat, 24 May 97 07:24 PDT Message-Id: Date: Sat, 24 May 97 07:24 PDT From: bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) To: submit@bugs.debian.org, 10087@bugs.debian.org, "David L. Johnson" Subject: Re: Bug#10087: Permissions and files in /dev Reply-To: Bruce Perens The tty0 missing looks like a bug. Regarding the access permissions of the modem device, you should add users who are authorized to use the modem to the "dialout" group in /etc/group. This is somewhat more secure than letting all possible users access the modem. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP Bruce@Pixar.com 510-215-3502 Finger bruce@master.Debian.org for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3   Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org:
Bug#10087; Package base.   debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Acknowledgement sent to Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list.   Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Received: (at 10087) by bugs.debian.org; 24 May 1997 14:26:06 +0000 Received: (qmail 10817 invoked from network); 24 May 1997 14:26:04 -0000 Received: from golem.pixar.com (138.72.27.59) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 24 May 1997 14:26:04 -0000 Received: by golem.pixar.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #2) id m0wVHkB-00IdTUC; Sat, 24 May 97 07:24 PDT Message-Id: Date: Sat, 24 May 97 07:24 PDT From: bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) To: submit@bugs.debian.org, 10087@bugs.debian.org, "David L. Johnson" Subject: Re: Bug#10087: Permissions and files in /dev Reply-To: Bruce Perens The tty0 missing looks like a bug. Regarding the access permissions of the modem device, you should add users who are authorized to use the modem to the "dialout" group in /etc/group. This is somewhat more secure than letting all possible users access the modem. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP Bruce@Pixar.com 510-215-3502 Finger bruce@master.Debian.org for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3