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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!warrane.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!drivel.ics.uci.edu!news.service.uci.edu!mazatlan.eng.uci.edu!scheong From: "Stanley K. Cheong" <scheong@ece.uci.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: access to modem as non-root Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 09:36:10 -0800 Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 15 Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960112093202.13625A-100000@mazatlan.eng.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mazatlan.eng.uci.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: scheong@mazatlan.eng.uci.edu Hi, I have FreeBSD 2.1R installed and it's been fun playing around with it. However, I can only get access to the modem on COM1 as root. What do I need to do to get access to the modem as a normal user? I am new to Unix system admin. Any help would be appreciated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley K. Cheong email : scheong@ece.uci.edu work phone: (714) 707-2389 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------