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On Wednesday 21 Mar 2012 03:00:50 Maxim Wexler wrote: |
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> > This brings back nightmares. It's been a while since I used dial-up but |
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> > this sounds like a permissions issue. Check /etc/group and see if you |
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> > are in ALL the following groups: |
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> > tty |
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> > uucp |
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> > dialout |
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> > utmp |
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> They're all in the file, if that's what you mean. |
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No, he means that your user is a member of the above groups. |
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In my laptop (no analogue modem available) my user is only a member of uucp. |
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> > You can also check the permissions of the ttyS<some number here> to see |
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> > what it is. Mine is uucp. You shouldn't have to create a group so work |
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> > with what you got for now. My devices are set to this: |
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> > |
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> > root@fireball / # ls -al /dev/ttyS* |
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> > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 Mar 20 19:01 /dev/ttyS0 |
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> > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS1 |
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> > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 66 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS2 |
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> > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 67 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS3 |
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> > root@fireball / # |
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> lumby syzygy # ls -al /dev/ttyUSB0 |
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> crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 0 Mar 20 16:25 /dev/ttyUSB0 |
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> lumby syzygy # |
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You also need to be a member of the usb group. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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