Did you check 'ls -l /dev/ttyS0' to make sure the group ownership on the file is not 'dip' rather than 'dialout' (although I think it should be dialout on my system, debian 1.3.1, it was set up as group dip).
Bob Nielsen wrote: > I have /dev/ttyS0 shown as belonging to group dialout and have added my > username to the dialout group, but I get > > cannot open /dev/ttyS0: Permission denied > > errors with both minicom and efax. I'd rather not run these as root. > > Did I miss something? > > Bob > > ---- > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]