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- From: gnb@duke.bby.com.au (Gregory N. Bond)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: Fix for problem with tip in 386BSD
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.233429.9420@melba.bby.oz.au>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 23:34:29 GMT
- References: <5940@pdxgate.UUCP>
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- Organization: Burdett, Buckeridge & Young, Melbourne, Australia
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- In-Reply-To: brians@rigel.cs.pdx.edu's message of 28 Jul 92 15:03:07 GMT
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- >>>>> On 28 Jul 92 15:03:07 GMT, brians@rigel.cs.pdx.edu (Brian Smith) said:
-
- >> So, I then recommend that newbies such as myself make tip sgid.
-
- I have just been playing with tipx (based on the 4.3/net2 tip; I
- assume the 386BSD one is similar). I have installed it setgid to a
- uucp group (which has write permission in the /var/spool/locks
- directory and the /var/adm/aculog file and read permissions on
- /etc/phones and /etc/remote).
-
- The problem was that tip does various setregid() calls going into and
- out of privileged mode and can't open the phone file (which it does
- from non-privileged mode). A temporary workaround is either remove
- the setreuid calls (there are three, I think) or make the phones file
- world readable (OK on a PC, possible privacy/security implications on
- a "real" system).
-
- I also have a dialer for v32 hayes-like modems if anyone needs them.
-
- Greg.
-
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