> Modify the comms/minicom/Makefile so
> PKG_GROUPS?=	${DIALER_GROUP}
> PKG_USERS?=	${UUCP_USER}:${DIALER_GROUP}
> And edit SPECIAL_PERMS, OWN_DIRS_PERMS, CONF_FILES_PERMS as needed.
> (Maybe use MINICOM_USER and MINICOM_GROUP instead?)

I only later realited that minicom uses hard-coded user/group.

> 
> Add those to mk/defaults/mk.conf
> In your own mk.conf set them to a normal user account that you can use.

it would be nice to have a switch to automatically set all such users/groups
to the own user/group

> Edit as needed any source that uses "uucp" and/or "dialer".

sure, that needs to go with the above measure.

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