Package: martian-modem Version: 20080625-1 A non-root user, even one which is a member of the dialout group, cannot access the modem. Not when using minicom, anyway. I get "permission denied" errors. root can access the modem just fine. On my system, the modem device (/dev/ttySM0) ends up being a symbolic link to /dev/pts/0. The underlying character special file, /dev/pts/0, has read and write permissions to the owner, but only write permissions to the group (dialout). If I issue the command (as root)
chmod g+r /dev/pts/0 Then a non-root user can run minicom and use the modem successfully. But only once. After exiting minicom, the device permissions revert to their former state, and the above chmod command must be issued again before invoking minicom a second time. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
