----- Original Message ----- From: <whitnl73@juno.com> To: <linuxworld999@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: <whitnl73@juno.com>; <wine-users@winehq.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 4:23 PM Subject: Re: AOL on Linux > 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. > <snip> I have tried the first of the options as my Linux server is at home and am the only user. AOL cannot initialise the modem. The commands "echo atdt 82552569 > dev/ttyS0" do not owrk under a user or root. The hardware scanner does find the modem and identify it correctly. Penggy also finds the modem (configured as /dev/ttyS0 in penggy.conf) and dials. A connection is made but it is slow and unreliable. Do you have any other ideas? I appreciate your help and advise to date. Thank you. LW999 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
