Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:08:06 +0200 From: "Vincent Barus" <vibarus@googlemail.com> To: "FreeBSD Mailing List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cutecom requires sudo to work, but minicom works without - permissions? Message-ID: <e4207650804200608l7bafe733sc450100d3dd2ecd3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080417115036.GA33974@ei.bzerk.org> References: <539c60b90804141739g1f60be46m576bc3fa5ef3580d@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080415091009.024d8f30@mail.computinginnovations.com> <20080417115036.GA33974@ei.bzerk.org>
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On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:11:33AM -0500, Derek Ragona typed: > > > At 07:39 PM 4/14/2008, Steve Franks wrote: > > >I have two terminal programs - cutecom and minicom, both built from > > >ports with no tweaks. Minicom will fire up and hit the serial port > > >just fine, but cutecom can't open it except with sudo. I tried > > >tweaking devfs.conf (as well as a straight chmod on /dev/cuad0), and > > >it doesn't seem to rectify the problem. I've also got several linux > > >ports that hit usb devices via libusb that won't connect without sudo > > >- obviously, I'd like not to have to run user-type apps with sudo on > > >my system.... > > > > > >Thanks, > > >Steve > > > > You may want to try chown the device as well as chmod'ing it. If this > > works you will likely need a script to reset these settings on reboot. You > > can add a cron job under root to do this @reboot. > > A more convenient option is putting the user who starts whateven terminal > program into the "dialers" group > > Ruben > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Or use devfs.conf(5), devfs.rules(5) if you don't like the dialers group. -- ~ vb
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