From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 20 13:36:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC1F3106566B for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:36:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vibarus@googlemail.com) Received: from hs-out-0708.google.com (hs-out-0708.google.com [64.233.178.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7483C8FC26 for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:36:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vibarus@googlemail.com) Received: by hs-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id m63so649598hsc.11 for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:36:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=oKdG4Ngxa3CL/rFyb+SGt/OhF3xOhEEYgpKkVF04xSA=; b=UCXSww3w0GcJooB76lntzNs9tG9BJNLYULuJIdn3Y8N/2/hcQoEzQLDhSsBiKZ4HNMBQmh/GNWRyGjNuzCkxMPO4hW4hCLHlQzlRwKJ233iXi6uuH6ujesSS1gw2c6OC40wA5Z5+WbyXQJsIbJdGBwpjr2F1FbRXukeakaRvSVw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=D9OJQbaeGWHpVSGKqdUASb5jgh65KF8zbdN3mG7aXSWDtM3nJLv9McaHSGergtN/kZk77lCHTBEm30k11gaPCADv5EEbfZjVenCdl1Fj4gT77lKWKH/98VAf1J6cwqdvD0UfHpFDVFJOfcAImP193v5Rw5BaSdYokYeV4XOE1EA= Received: by 10.142.103.6 with SMTP id a6mr599491wfc.21.1208696886519; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:08:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.246.20 with HTTP; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:08:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:08:06 +0200 From: "Vincent Barus" To: "FreeBSD Mailing List" In-Reply-To: <20080417115036.GA33974@ei.bzerk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <539c60b90804141739g1f60be46m576bc3fa5ef3580d@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080415091009.024d8f30@mail.computinginnovations.com> <20080417115036.GA33974@ei.bzerk.org> Subject: Re: cutecom requires sudo to work, but minicom works without - permissions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:36:06 -0000 On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Ruben de Groot 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