From: s_titz@ira.uka.de (Olaf Titz) Subject: Re: /dev/modem problems Date: 31 Mar 1993 12:56:58 GMT
In article <C4pK2s.r8@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> nuspljj@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Joseph J. Nuspl Jr.) writes:
> What needs to be done so that /dev/modem can be accessed by other users?
> Currently only root can access /dev/modem. Both /dev/modem and
> /dev/ttyS1 are fully accessable but "Accessed denied" errors always
Presumably you have other programs (getty?) running on the same line.
A workable solution for /dev/modem acceess is to create a group
'modem', make /dev/modem owner root.modem and mode 660, and make all
programs that access /dev/modem (kermit, uucico,...) setgid to modem.
That works for me. (The group is 'uucp' as I use a standard uucp
setup, but it works anyway. But I currently have no getty running.)
Olaf
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