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Karl Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Mon Dec 10 12:32:52 UTC 2007


Ric Moore wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 13:32 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>   
>> The only way I can ever use Com1 is to be root or belong to the uucp Group.
>>     
>
> Sorry Karl, but in netcfg you can set the modem to be usable by users.
> Not just root. Check it out. Ric
>
>   
Alas, the application does not use /dev/modem. It is written to use the 
actual com port and errors out with a panel that says "can't open 
/dev/ttyS0".

Karl




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