Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-07 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:06:23 -0600, Dale wrote: > > >>> The next time you update udev, your changes will be overwritten. >>> Changes should go in 10-local.rules. >>> > > > >> Thanks. I forgot about that little detail. I better find a how to >> somewhere. >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-07 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 07 March 2007 21:31:49 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > The only module I have is nvidia.  I build everything into my kernel > > that I can.  I was hoping there was a way to sort of "restart" or > > "reload" udev but I couldn't find one and nobody posted one either.  I > > guess there is now t

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:06:23 -0600, Dale wrote: > > The next time you update udev, your changes will be overwritten. > > Changes should go in 10-local.rules. > Thanks. I forgot about that little detail. I better find a how to > somewhere. http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php > > If your

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-07 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:47:40 -0600, Dale wrote: > > >> OK. Here's my update. I changed the config file, the 50-udev.rules >> file, back to the way it was when it was updated. >> > > The next time you update udev, your changes will be overwritten. Changes > should go

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:47:40 -0600, Dale wrote: > OK. Here's my update. I changed the config file, the 50-udev.rules > file, back to the way it was when it was updated. The next time you update udev, your changes will be overwritten. Changes should go in 10-local.rules. > I then added myself >

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-06 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > OK. Here's my update. I changed the config file, the 50-udev.rules > file, back to the way it was when it was updated. I then added myself > to the uucp group and rebooted. Well, my UPS didn't like that one > bit. So I added nut to the uucp group too. Then I rebooted again. > E

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-06 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > I also went diggin in the groups file, there is a dialout group in > there that *should* address this. I mentioned in a early reply that > this was likely a security thing. Your link seems to show that it is > that. What I can't figure out is why no one warned us? I only use > Lin

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-04 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 02:18:41PM -0600, Dan Farrell wrote > FWIW, it was kind of a PITA to set up dialup in a secure way for > multiple users to use with traditional UNIX permissioning. I'm the only person on my machine, but things get complicated because the dialup is emergency backup for my

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-04 Thread Dale
Dan Farrell wrote: > On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:30:23 -0600 > Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hmmm, I wonder why that was changed? I did a google search for uucp >> and group and it was interesting. It seems this is the norm now. >> When I added fax to the search, it seems that will solve m

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-04 Thread Dan Farrell
On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:30:23 -0600 Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Kirkwood wrote: > > Dale wrote: > > > >> If you can, check to see if udev was upgraded and there was a > >> notice that there are group changes. I would think udev would be > >> what was changed. I'm curious to see your r

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-03 Thread Dale
Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Dale wrote: > >> If you can, check to see if udev was upgraded and there was a notice >> that there are group changes. I would think udev would be what was >> changed. I'm curious to see your reply though. > > Ok - here is the state after the emerge (recall group *was* tty

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-03 Thread Mark Kirkwood
Dale wrote: Mark Kirkwood wrote: Dale wrote: Mick wrote: Hmm, this is what I am getting on a x86 build. # ls -al /dev/ttyS* crw-rw 1 root uucp 4, 64 Mar 3 22:09 /dev/ttyS0 crw-rw 1 root uucp 4, 65 Mar 3 22:09 /dev/ttyS1 crw-rw 1 root uucp 4, 66 Mar 3 22:09 /dev/ttyS2 crw-rw

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-03 Thread Dale
Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Dale wrote: >> Mick wrote: > >>> >>> Hmm, this is what I am getting on a x86 build. >>> >>> # ls -al /dev/ttyS* >>> crw-rw 1 root uucp 4, 64 Mar 3 22:09 /dev/ttyS0 >>> crw-rw 1 root uucp 4, 65 Mar 3 22:09 /dev/ttyS1 >>> crw-rw 1 root uucp 4, 66 Mar 3 22:09

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-03 Thread Mark Kirkwood
Dale wrote: Mick wrote: Hmm, this is what I am getting on a x86 build. # ls -al /dev/ttyS* crw-rw 1 root uucp 4, 64 Mar 3 22:09 /dev/ttyS0 crw-rw 1 root uucp 4, 65 Mar 3 22:09 /dev/ttyS1 crw-rw 1 root uucp 4, 66 Mar 3 22:09 /dev/ttyS2 crw-rw 1 root uucp 4, 67 Mar 3 2

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-03 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Saturday 03 March 2007 23:37, Dale wrote: > > >> I suspect something changed with the grouping and I just didn't know >> it. It was likely one of those messages in a compile that went by and I >> didn't see it. It may be for the better, mor secure or something, but I >> just m

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-03 Thread Mick
On Saturday 03 March 2007 23:37, Dale wrote: > I suspect something changed with the grouping and I just didn't know > it. It was likely one of those messages in a compile that went by and I > didn't see it. It may be for the better, mor secure or something, but I > just missed it. > > Now that y

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-03 Thread Dale
Walter Dnes wrote: > On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 04:08:59PM -0600, Dale wrote > > >> Here is my question. What are the permissions supposed to be? >> I have it set to root:users right now. It was set to root:uucp >> which was not working. >> > > Did you try making your user a member of the

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-03 Thread Walter Dnes
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 04:08:59PM -0600, Dale wrote > Here is my question. What are the permissions supposed to be? > I have it set to root:users right now. It was set to root:uucp > which was not working. Did you try making your user a member of the "uucp" and "dip" groups? -- Walter Dnes

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-03 Thread Dale
Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Dale wrote: > >> >> Here is my question. What are the permissions supposed to be? I have >> it set to root:users right now. It was set to root:uucp which was not >> working. If someone has a modem and uses dial-up, can you reply with >> the output of ls -al /dev/ttyS* if

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-03 Thread Mark Kirkwood
Dale wrote: Here is my question. What are the permissions supposed to be? I have it set to root:users right now. It was set to root:uucp which was not working. If someone has a modem and uses dial-up, can you reply with the output of ls -al /dev/ttyS* if you would. If anybody else knows th

[gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-02 Thread Dale
Hi folks, I had a power failure this morning. I lost my uptime too. :-( Anyway, I had to shutdown my rig. After the lights came back on I started having trouble with internet access. I could connect fine with Kppp. Thing is, it wouldn't let hardly any data transfer. I could get Kopete to wo