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Subject: Re: USB + palm setup
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Hi ..

On Tuesday 25 January 2005 22:49, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 11:39:56AM -0800, probertm@acm.org wrote:
>
> > This create /dev/ucom0 on connection but with permissions 660, so
> > pilot-link as a user fails.
>
> You have 2 choices. Either add the user in question to the 'dialer'
> group in /etc/group, or create an devfs rule (which I'm afraid I have
> no idea about - someone more knowlegable about this will have to add
> an answer).
>

Thanks for the note.  It is the devfs solution that I am looking for.  I 
managed to find a Linux doc on the topic 

  http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html

Which may help.  

Regards,

-- 
-mark.  (probertm at acm dot org)