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Re: modem port root only



On Thu, Feb 20 1997, Ed Down wrote:

> 
> I'm sure this was answered sometime recently, but can't find it. I've
> added the user to the dialout group, but still get /dev/ttyS1 - Permission
> denied when trying to use the modem as a user. Do I need to change more
> groups (tty, etc) - if so, which ones
> 

1st: What are the permissions on your /dev/ttyS1? Should be:

~$ ls -l /dev/ttyS1
crw-rw----   1 root     dialout    4,  65 Feb 20 16:06 /dev/ttyS1

2nd: Make sure dialout really is one of your supplemental gids

~$ id
..... 20(dialout) ...

If dialout doesn't appear, re-login and try again. Supplemental group ids
are set on login.

HTH

  -- Siggy

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