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  11. Subject: Re: Using kermit when not logged in as root
  12. Date: 7 Jan 1999 15:50:16 GMT
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  23.  
  24. Tim Hedger (hedger@globalnet.co.uk) wrote:
  25.  
  26. : Whilst I'm happy that this now works, I'm still not clear how minicom (which
  27. : worked all along under this non-root user) works?  (given that it has the same
  28. : permissions as the kermit executable, and it too uses /dev/modem)
  29.  
  30. Does Linux have a "trusted user" database, similar to UnixWare?
  31. UnixWare has a database of users that are allowed to do various things, so
  32. that minicom might be allowed access to certain devices, without the
  33. obvious unix permissions that are readily visible.
  34.  
  35. A "properly installed" minicom would then be different from a kermit that
  36. had been copied into place, with no attention paid to the user database.
  37.  
  38. I forget the admin tool for trusted users, but I think it is around
  39. /etc/security/* and creatiadb(1M).
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  45. Clarence A Dold - dold@network.rahul.net
  46.                 - Pope Valley & Napa CA.