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Re: Permission Needed to Use ttyS1?



A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> When I tried wvdial for the first time (it was set up for me during
> the Dialup installation), it said, "Cannot open /dev/ttyS1: Permission
> denied."
> 
> I know a little something about permissions, but I don't know about
> that one!

You need to add yourself to the 'dialout' (iirc) group.

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Phil Brutsche					pbrutsch@creighton.edu

"There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein


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