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Re: wvdial | perl_error | cupsd | xchat



Sebastian 'Frank©' Wieseler wrote:
> First:
> Root can start wvdial but all other users get the error:
> $ wvdial
> --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.53
> --> Cannot open /dev/ttyS0: Permission denied
> --> Cannot open /dev/ttyS0: Permission denied
> --> Cannot open /dev/ttyS0: Permission denied
> 
> But all this users belongs to the group tty.
> Any idea?

| thomas@alpha ~ % ls -l /dev/ttyS0 
| crw-rw----    1 root     dialout    4,  64 14. Mär 2002  /dev/ttyS0

I think your users should belong to the group dialout.

-- 
Thomas Weinbrenner

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