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Aaron Konstam akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Mon Dec 10 15:47:39 UTC 2007


On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 05:32 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
> 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
So change the permissions on /dev/ttyS0.
> 
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