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Re: wvdial permissions



Wade Barocsi writes:
> I have been using wvdial without difficulty for weeks. Upon use this
> evening, I am getting "permission denied cannot open /dev/ttyS2".  Any
> Idea on why this has changed?

A known bug in wvdial.  The port should be group writeable.  Just change it
back.

> wvdial works fine as root (I understand I should not).

There's no special reason not to run wvdial as root.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin



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