On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Ruben de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:11:33AM -0500, Derek Ragona typed: > > > At 07:39 PM 4/14/2008, Steve Franks wrote: > > >I have two terminal programs - cutecom and minicom, both built from > > >ports with no tweaks. Minicom will fire up and hit the serial port > > >just fine, but cutecom can't open it except with sudo. I tried > > >tweaking devfs.conf (as well as a straight chmod on /dev/cuad0), and > > >it doesn't seem to rectify the problem. I've also got several linux > > >ports that hit usb devices via libusb that won't connect without sudo > > >- obviously, I'd like not to have to run user-type apps with sudo on > > >my system.... > > > > > >Thanks, > > >Steve > > > > You may want to try chown the device as well as chmod'ing it. If this > > works you will likely need a script to reset these settings on reboot. You > > can add a cron job under root to do this @reboot. > > A more convenient option is putting the user who starts whateven terminal > program into the "dialers" group > > Ruben > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >
Or use devfs.conf(5), devfs.rules(5) if you don't like the dialers group. -- ~ vb _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"