On Wednesday 21 Mar 2012 03:00:50 Maxim Wexler wrote: > > This brings back nightmares. It's been a while since I used dial-up but > > this sounds like a permissions issue. Check /etc/group and see if you > > are in ALL the following groups: > > > > tty > > uucp > > dialout > > utmp > > They're all in the file, if that's what you mean.
No, he means that your user is a member of the above groups. In my laptop (no analogue modem available) my user is only a member of uucp. > > You can also check the permissions of the ttyS<some number here> to see > > what it is. Mine is uucp. You shouldn't have to create a group so work > > with what you got for now. My devices are set to this: > > > > root@fireball / # ls -al /dev/ttyS* > > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 Mar 20 19:01 /dev/ttyS0 > > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS1 > > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 66 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS2 > > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 67 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS3 > > root@fireball / # > > lumby syzygy # ls -al /dev/ttyUSB0 > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 0 Mar 20 16:25 /dev/ttyUSB0 > lumby syzygy # You also need to be a member of the usb group. -- Regards, Mick
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