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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ppp-gentoo woes cont'd
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:02:19
Message-Id: 201203210900.07560.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ppp-gentoo woes cont'd by Mick
1 On Wednesday 21 Mar 2012 08:59:18 Mick wrote:
2 > On Wednesday 21 Mar 2012 03:00:50 Maxim Wexler wrote:
3 > > > This brings back nightmares. It's been a while since I used dial-up
4 > > > but this sounds like a permissions issue. Check /etc/group and see if
5 > > > you are in ALL the following groups:
6 > > >
7 > > > tty
8 > > > uucp
9 > > > dialout
10 > > > utmp
11 > >
12 > > They're all in the file, if that's what you mean.
13 >
14 > No, he means that your user is a member of the above groups.
15 >
16 > In my laptop (no analogue modem available) my user is only a member of
17 > uucp.
18 >
19 > > > You can also check the permissions of the ttyS<some number here> to see
20 > > > what it is. Mine is uucp. You shouldn't have to create a group so
21 > > > work with what you got for now. My devices are set to this:
22 > > >
23 > > > root@fireball / # ls -al /dev/ttyS*
24 > > > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 Mar 20 19:01 /dev/ttyS0
25 > > > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS1
26 > > > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 66 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS2
27 > > > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 67 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS3
28 > > > root@fireball / #
29 > >
30 > > lumby syzygy # ls -al /dev/ttyUSB0
31 > > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 0 Mar 20 16:25 /dev/ttyUSB0
32 > > lumby syzygy #
33 >
34 > You also need to be a member of the usb group.
35
36 I forgot - also need to be a member of plugdev I believe.
37 --
38 Regards,
39 Mick

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