cannot open /dev/modem: permission denied

[Skippi <skippi@204eastsouth.com>]

Ok, when I tried connecting with WVDial today as user I got the message:

cannot open /dev/modem: Permission denied
cannot open /dev/modem: Permission denied
cannot open /dev/modem: Permission denied

The modem works fine and I can connect as root, but not as the user.
This has worked fine in the past, why it changed suddenly I don't know.

I thought about file permissions first off, so I did some checking on the obviously relevant files.

/dev/modem lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root modem->/dev/ttyS2
/dev/ttyS2 crw-r----- 1 root dialout

I am a member of the dialout group.
As I said, the hardware if fine.  I'm using it now. 
Suggestions please?

Thank you.
skippi

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