On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 whitnl73@juno.com wrote: > On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Linux World 999 wrote: > > > > Do you know how to check for this? How can I make sure is modem is usable > > by all users? > > chmod a+rw /dev/ttyS0 > chmod a+rwx /var/lock > > You might not want to do this. For a single-user workstation it doesn't > much matter, but the administrator of a multiuser system might not want > to let just any user work the modem. It is more customary to allow a > group to work the modem, and add the users to be allowed to the group. > > groupadd modem > chgrp modem /dev/ttyS0 > chmod g+rw /dev/ttyS0 > chgrp modem /var/lock > chmod g+rwx /var/lock > > I don't know how to add a user to a group, except to edit /etc/passwd > and give it that group number. > > Lawson > > -- > ---oops--- This might already be done for you, depending on distro...IIRC Slackware has group uucp owning the modem and lock directory.. ls -ld /var/lock ls -l /dev/ttyS0 Lawson ---oops ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
