Re: [Sheflug] Newbie modem question

[Guennadi Liakhovetski <nospam [at] ragingbull.com>]

Check 
ls -l /dev/ttySn
where n=0,1,... - your modem device. You'll see something like
crw-rw----   1 root     uucp       4,  64 Mar 24  2000 /dev/ttyS0
which means only root and members of uucp group can access the port. So,
you have to add yourself to this group. As root edit /etc/groups and add
your login name to the uucp line after a comma:
uucp:x:14:uucpfaxroot,fnet,my_login_name
or you can use a GUI tool for managing groups of users...

HTH
Guennadi

On Tue, 15 May 2001 james.mears [at] consignia.com wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi there
> 
> I have just got my modem working and connecting to the internet using Wvdial.
> I have noticed that I can only use the modem then I am logged in as the root
> user
> can somebody tell me how I can change this so that I can use the modem as a
> normal user.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> James
> 
> james.mears [at] consignia.com
> 
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