Re: How do you download using (XYZ)MODEM protocol?

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From: Dwight Everhart
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 04:23

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In article <C09JGB.BDE@griffin.cuc.ab.ca> davor@griffin.cuc.ab.ca (Davor  
Barcan) writes:
> I have a group called 'modem'.  I make all the users that I want to have  
> access to the modem members of this group.  I then set my ports with these  
> permissions:
> 
>    0 crw-rw----  1 uucp     modem     11,224 Jan  2 21:49 /dev/cufa
> 
> My kermit permissions are also NOT setuid uucp.
> 
> If anyone has any comments on the "safety" of this setup, I'm all ears.  :)

This is how I setup my system, although my "modem" group is called "dialout."   
I haven't had any problems with it, although I am the only user here.

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