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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > My error message with 'user' in BL2 is Failed to open /dev/ttyS1.
> > crwxr-x--x - should I chmod +r this?
>
> My /dev/ttyS1 is:  crw-rw-rw-

Mine is now changed to crwxcrwxcrwx, should I try to change it again?
chmod -x ?

In BL3 it is crw-r--r--.  I hope you will change all these permissions in 
the next BL and/or add a FAQ explaining how to both add 'user' and make 
'user' usable for dialing and with rxvt and Xvesa.

> > /usr/bin/eznet is -rwsr-sr-x (I may have changed this already).
>
> My eznet is:  -rwxrwxr-x  (group = PPP)

chmod a+x eznet did not work - how do I change it?

> > pppd is -rwsr-sr-x
>
> My pppd is: -rwsrwsr-x    (group = PPP)

chmod g+w pppd?

> > Dialing is my unsolved 'user' problem.
>
> Put your user in group PPP.

How, and how do I make things group = PPP?


> > Is there some way to make BL automount and unmount floppy drives,
> > maybe mtools with kmod?
>
> mtools (by itself) allows you to read/write floppies without
> mounting.  mcopy, mdir and so on.

Great, I will put them into the menu.

> Cheers,
> Steven