Re: Dialout group
"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!
>
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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.
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