Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 20:53:09 +0100 (CET)
From: "James (Jim) Hatridge"
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 21:19:39 +0100
From: Stefan Troeger
I've got Wvdial working, very easy, very nice. I do have one problem with it. I can only run it from root. When I set up my user account I gave it access to the modem. But when I try to run WVdial from user I get
--> Cannot open /dev/ttyS1: Permission denied
It works fine under root. Any ideas what to do?
Try adding your user to the uucp and dialout groups if you haven't already done that. And check if /dev/ttyS1 has the proper permissions (owner: root, group: uucp, mode: 660). Ciao, Stefan
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 15:41:58 -0500
From: Landy Roman
Hi all,
I've got Wvdial working, very easy, very nice. I do have one problem with it. I can only run it from root. When I set up my user account I gave it access to the modem. But when I try to run WVdial from user I get
--> Cannot open /dev/ttyS1: Permission denied
It works fine under root. Any ideas what to do?
Thanks!
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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 00:30:22 +0100
From: Cliff Sarginson
change the permission of /dev/ttyS1 to 777
No don't do that. This is BAD advice. A sledgehammer is not required to crack a nut. It is better not to get around configuration problems you dont understand by giving all the world and it's mother all possible permissions ! One day such an action will bite back.. Cliff
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 18:42:43 -0500
From: Landy Roman
On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 03:41:58PM -0500, Landy Roman wrote:
change the permission of /dev/ttyS1 to 777
No don't do that. This is BAD advice.
A sledgehammer is not required to crack a nut.
It is better not to get around configuration problems you dont understand by giving all the world and it's mother all possible permissions ! One day such an action will bite back..
Cliff
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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:03:33 +0100
From: Cliff Sarginson
my case: seee attachments i agree 777 is not good but it was the only thing working for me changed to 660 and it works should /dev/modem be 660 as well
On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 12:30:22AM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 03:41:58PM -0500, Landy Roman wrote:
change the permission of /dev/ttyS1 to 777
No don't do that. This is BAD advice.
A sledgehammer is not required to crack a nut.
It is better not to get around configuration problems you dont understand by giving all the world and it's mother all possible permissions ! One day such an action will bite back..
Cliff
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-- Rolando Roman SuSe 7.0 Linux virtuoso 2.2.16 #1 Wed Aug 2 20:22:26 GMT 2000 i586 unknown
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 21 17:05 /dev/modem -> /dev/ttyS1 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Nov 26 18:40 /dev/ttyS1
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:28:55 +0100 (CET)
From: "James (Jim) Hatridge"
my case: seee attachments i agree 777 is not good but it was the only thing working for me changed to 660 and it works should /dev/modem be 660 as well
I did this now it works. <p>THANKS! <p>Jim Hatridge hatridge@straubing.baynet.de Proud Linux User #88484 Owner -- beowulf-newbie list Don't blame me I voted for Harry Browne! www.lp.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim's Beowulf Project Looking for giveaway computers and parts I need it all! Email Jim for details on how you can help build a poor man's super computer.
From: Francesco Scaglioni
From: Francesco Scaglioni
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 00:26:01 +0100
From: Cliff Sarginson
Hi all,
I've got Wvdial working, very easy, very nice. I do have one problem with it. I can only run it from root. When I set up my user account I gave it access to the modem. But when I try to run WVdial from user I get
--> Cannot open /dev/ttyS1: Permission denied
Make sure the users are in group uucp and/or group dialout.. (look which group owns the modem device, it will be one of those two) Cliff p.s. typing "id" will tell someone what groups they are in
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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 07:46:42 +0800
From: Joe Morris
On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 08:53:09PM +0100, James (Jim) Hatridge wrote:
Hi all,
I've got Wvdial working, very easy, very nice. I do have one problem with it. I can only run it from root. When I set up my user account I gave it access to the modem. But when I try to run WVdial from user I get
--> Cannot open /dev/ttyS1: Permission denied
Make sure the users are in group uucp and/or group dialout.. (look which group owns the modem device, it will be one of those two)
Cliff
p.s. typing "id" will tell someone what groups they are in
Also check the group owner for /etc/wvdial.conf. After editing mine with Kedit, it changed the group owner to root, and only allowed root to dial out. The owner should be root/dialout. -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://home.beseen.com/churches/joe_morris
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