From owner-freebsd-arch Fri Feb 16 13: 8:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from orthanc.ab.ca (207-167-15-66.dsl.worldgate.ca [207.167.15.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE19037B491; Fri, 16 Feb 2001 13:08:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from orthanc.ab.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orthanc.ab.ca (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f1GL8Dq40757; Fri, 16 Feb 2001 14:08:13 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca) Message-Id: <200102162108.f1GL8Dq40757@orthanc.ab.ca> To: Robert Watson Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: List of things to move from main tree to ports (was Re: Wish List (was: Re: The /usr/bin/games bikeshed again)) In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 16 Feb 2001 15:51:54 EST." Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 14:08:13 -0700 From: Lyndon Nerenberg Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Watson writes: Robert> Having setuid and setgid all over the place, and Robert> associated with devices makes the whole thing rather Robert> complicated. Really, /dev/cua* should be owner root, Robert> group dialer, for example, and not have UUCP Robert> "specialness". Yes, the 'dialer' interface is a bit of a mess. Several years ago there was an entry in the CSRG project wish list for a networked dialer daemon that would intermediate access to dialout tty devices. (I *think* it was Keith Bostic's idea.) This might solve part of the problem. --lyndon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message