From: Michael.Whitlatch@f460.n3625.z1.fidonet.org (Michael Whitlatch) Subject: Re: /dev/modem problems Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1993 19:48:18 -0800
Hello Joseph!
Tuesday March 30 1993 15:23, Joseph J. Nuspl Jr. wrote to All:
JJ> What needs to be done so that /dev/modem can be accessed by other
users?
JJ> Currently only root can access /dev/modem. Both /dev/modem and
JJ> /dev/ttyS1 are fully accessable but "Accessed denied" errors
always
JJ> come up.
JJ> Any ideas?
You have to change the permissions to allow global group and user
access to them, hex 777 which will give you permissions of like this:
lrwxrwxrwx root root etc etc etc modem => /dev/ttyS1
A couple of books that have helped me ALOT are Sybex "Understanding
UNIX" and Sams "Tricks of the Unix Masters" by The Waite Group, good
reading! And good resources.
Michael
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