[wellylug] Xandros dialup problem

[Pete Black]

its probably just permissions on the serial device.

Add the users you want to have access to the 'tty' or 'serial' group  - 
might even be called something else - this is how it works on some distros.



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nick Jensen [mailto:nickspoon at gmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, 7 December 2004 3:34 p.m.
>To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
>Subject: Re: [wellylug] Xandros dialup problem
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>On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:22:18 +1300, Peter Jones <peterj at indeserve.co.nz>
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>>Hi all, having a dialup problem with Xandros (debian based) that I hope
>>someone can advise on.
>>Xandros detects modem on serial port (external hardware modem), identifies
>>it correctly etc.
>>can setup name/userid, phone number etc but won't connect unless I am
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>logged
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>>in as root.
>>I understand that this is not a good idea. I guess it's a permissions
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>thing,
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>>any idea what I need to change?
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>How are you logging in? pon? If it's from the command line, you can
>run a command as root without actually logging in using su with the -c
>option.
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>su -c 'pon paradise'
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>after which you'll get prompted for the root password. There are
>better ways of handling this, but it's often handy to run root
>commands without needing to log on as root.
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>Nick
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>Doing this from KDE rather than the command line. 
>This PC is going  to a non-technical user (my daughter)
>so I'd like to be able to have it dial on demand as required. The options
>are all there, 
>just a matter of getting to to work as "user" rather then "root"
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