Re: /dev/ttyS0 permissions

["C.J.LAWSON" <C.J.Lawson@Cranfield.ac.uk>]

What are the permissions on /dev/ttyS0 ?

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On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, 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
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