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From: Barry Masterson <jbarrm@panix.com>
To: Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com>
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Subject: Re: Hylafax;uucp & dialer permissions.
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Thanks for responding. I changed the DeviceMode line to 000660. Just
tested it out and the permissions held up.  I'm the only real user
here, except for two friends I added, and only I am in group dialer.

I'll keep a look out for any unexpected behavior.

Thank you
Barry Masterson
jbarrm@panix.com
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On Mon, 29 Jan 1996, Donald Burr wrote:

> On Sun, 28 Jan 1996, Donald Burr wrote:
> 
> > All you yave to do is edit /var/spool/fax/etc/config.cuaa1.  Find a line 
> > that starts with "DeviceMode:" and if one exists, change it's value to 
> > 0666, otherwise if a line like that doesn't exist, just add one:
> > 
> > DeviceMode:	0666
> 
> Ack.  This is not good.  Please DO NOT LISTEN to what I have said 
> here, this could (at the least) cause unexpected behavior and (at 
> the most) create a security hole.  0666 allows read/write for ALL 
> permissions, which is not good (unless you want ever Joe Average 
> User to read to or write from you modem port).  DeviceMode 0660 should be 
> sufficient (allows read/write for owner and group, NOTHING for world).
> 
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