On 2001.10.17 00:28 David Irvine wrote: > iron saTan wrote: > > >I have just bought an 56k external modem, and I can get the modem working > >prefectly in root but under a normal user I get device is busy... Does anyone > >have any help? > > > > > You may wish to ensure that the device nodes have the correct > permissions set up for the users you wish to be able to read and write > to them. > > so IIRC. /dev/modem and /dev/ttyS<comm port number> should be accessible > by anybody you want to be able to do modemy stuff.
Not necessarily, for example with SuSE you need to be in group uucp. I would imagine other distros have similair protection from modem abuse. What distro are you using, iron? Probably someone on the list will know what to do. cheers Lawrence > > HTH > > David -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
