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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!usenet.hana.nm.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!vyzynz!xmission!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!mercury From: wleong@sfsu.edu (2-King) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: access to modem as non-root Date: 13 Jan 1996 01:51:22 GMT Organization: San Francisco State University Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4d736q$8si@news.csus.edu> References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960112093202.13625A-100000@mazatlan.eng.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: wleong@pluto.sfsu.edu X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 To access modem as a normal user require the user to have the privilage of a dialer. Add your user name to the "dialer" entry of file /etc/group. In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.960112093202.13625A-100000@mazatlan.eng.uci.edu>, "Stanley K. Cheong" <scheong@ece.uci.edu> wrote: > >Hi, > >I have FreeBSD 2.1R installed and it's been fun playing around with it. >However, I can only get access to the modem on COM1 as root. What do I >need to do to get access to the modem as a normal user? > >I am new to Unix system admin. Any help would be appreciated. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >Stanley K. Cheong >email : scheong@ece.uci.edu >work phone: (714) 707-2389 >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >