Re: Lost permissions on /dev/modem?!
Thanks for that info David,
I'm still not quite sure what the problem was but decided to follow your advice
and set up pppconfig to use wvdial modem strings and then use pon and poff. That
worked I'm happy to say!
Ken
P.S. Yes I was looking at a link to /dev/modem.
> Quoting Ken Januski (kenjanuski@mindspring.com):
>
> > I took a look at permissions and they are now world writeable for
> > /dev/modem. I'm not sure if this was the case when I first sent off message.
>
> You either did that yourself, or you're looking at the permissions of a
> link. The former would be a huge security hole, the latter is always
> the same: lrwxrwxrwx. Take a look at the device the link points to.
>
> BTW I don't know if wvdial relies on /dev/modem being a link to the
> modem, but it's not a good idea. Serial ports rely a great deal on
> locking as they're used by multiple programs (dialing out, mgettys,
> etc.). If one of these programs chooses the wrong name for the lock,
> you've got trouble.
>
> IMHO the best thing to do with wvdial is to copy its modem strings
> appropriately into pppconfig, use pon and poff, and then uninstall
> wvdial.
>
> Cheers,
>
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