On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> List,
> Today, I spent some more time trying to solve my problem(s), to no
> avail. Maybe I'm missing something, but that's the reason I subscribed
> to a newbie list. Apparently, many of you have had various config
> problems to varying degrees, so I can only hope that someone on this
> list has had a similar problem, specifically only being able to initiate
> a modem connection when logged on as "root". It's gotta be something
> simple, I know, but I'm not sure where to begin. Thank-you all.
> Please don't flame me for using Mindspring, as it has been a very fast
> and reliable connection.
>
chmod a+rw /dev/modem should take care of that.
John
