I also have this problem. BUT ... the permissions get changed
back to 660 the next time a ppp session happens. Why?
How to prevent?
Uncle Meat wrote:
> 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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