On 03-Jul-99 root opined:
> I feel almost ashamed to ask this question but...
>
> Root has acces to /dev/modem and I'm able to dial up and use the
> internet and everything funky like that.
>
> My normal user though has no access to the modem. Even when I try to
> start up something like 'minicom' i get
>
> "no access to /dev/modem :Permission Denyed"
>
> What exacty to I need to do to solve this little problem? /dev/modem
> is
> a link to /dev/ttyS1.
Change the permissions on /dev/ttyS1.
Permissions on links are world readable/writeable/exectuable. But, the
files or devices they point to may not be. That stops the use of said
device or file by a user other than the owner, unless the permissions
are set to allow it.
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