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Bug 296695 - net-dialup/ppp should mention being in the uucp group
Summary: net-dialup/ppp should mention being in the uucp group
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Alin Năstac (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2009-12-13 06:24 UTC by Oschtan
Modified: 2010-08-08 05:52 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Oschtan 2009-12-13 06:24:43 UTC
Please add to ebuild net-dialup/ppp
===============
pkg_postinst() {
elog "You must be in the uucp group to use various ppp's devices."
}

Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1 Man Shankar 2009-12-17 11:56:07 UTC
Is the dialout group also needed with recent udev versions?
Comment 2 Alin Năstac (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-08-08 05:40:38 UTC
Closed as INVALID for the following reasons:
  - serial devices are not owned by ppp
  - ppp can use other kind of devices (Ethernet, tty, pty, ...)
  - pkg_postinst() is already verbose enough, adding another piece of useless information would increase the chance of being ignored by users
Comment 3 Oschtan 2010-08-08 05:52:02 UTC
Only problem has remained. When you install GSM/3G modems and creating a system based on them /dev/ttyUSB* devices - ownership of these devices - root / group-uucp. And many people for a long time wondering about the reasons for the inability to use the same kppp / gnome-ppp from normal user, and the reason is the lack of rights to the device group uucp. However, this can be found only failed to start digging in the application or in the bowels of the internet.