Dialing from a normal user in slackware 8

Gizm0 · 09-25-2003, 02:59 PM

Hi, heres the problem, im new to linux and im usin slackware 8
i cant dial up from any user except root, if i type ppp-on
or ppp-up the commands are not found but it works fine in
root, do i need to chmod the modem and set up an allias?
if so how? if not, what do i need to do? can some1 help me
i'm new to linux. Thanks Gizm0

GAVollink · 09-25-2003, 03:58 PM

Preferred method is to add any users that need access to modems or serial ports in general to the "uucp" group. As serial ports are typically owned that way.

crw-rw---- root root <device numbers> /dev/ttyS0