"David S. Jackson" wrote: > Hi, > > I've added myself to the dialout group, but I still get a "permission > denied" when I try to run /usr/bin/pon (which works fine when I'm > root, btw). What am I forgetting? I want to be able to run this as > a user. > > Also, could someone explain why /usr/sbin/pppd is in the dip group > and not the dialout group? > > Basically, I'm trying to use pon with TkDesk, but first I need to > make sure it works just with plain old userland me. :-) > > TIA! > > -- > David S. Jackson http://www.dsj.net > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must > be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission > to be a beginner. --Julia Cameron > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
David You've answered your own question. As pppd is owned by the group dip and not dialout, you need to add your non-root self to the right group ie dip, not dialout. Jonathan.
