permissions problem using efax

[Robert Persson <ireneshusband@xxxxxxxxx>]

When I start martian_modem with user set to anything other than myself,  
efax tells me I don't have permission to open /dev/ttySM0. Being in the 
right group is not enough. In other words, in order to send a fax as 
user robert (a member of group tty) starting martian_modem with 
--group=tty is not enough. It has to be started with --user=robert. 
Since martian_modem sets the permissions to rw--w----, this tells us 
that efax requires read access to the modem and isn't getting it.

Is there a way to configure efax not to require read access to the 
modem? Or is there a way to get martian_modem to set permissions to 
rw-rw----?

I am using an Agere modem in Ubuntu 7.04.

Many thanks
Robert

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Robert Persson
ireneshusband@xxxxxxxxx