Timothy Murphy wrote: > > Not really relevant to your query, > but are you sure you need karl in the uucp group? > I use uucp (I thought I was the only person left in the world using it) > and I am not in the uucp group, which only contains the user uucp. > Admittedly I use "port type tcp" but I wouldn't have thought > that was relevant. > The default group for the serial ports is uucp. One way to give a user access to the serial ports is to make them a member of the uucp group. Another way is to add a console.perms rule that gives access to the serial port to the person logged into the console. There are advantages and disadvantages to both methods. With console.perms, you can limit the ports affected, but it is harder to limit the users that have access. You are also limited to accessing from the local console, and it can not be used from a user cron job. Adding a user to the uucp group gives access to all serial ports, but only to the users you add. You also can access the port when logging into the machine remotely. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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