Re: fax debug

[Denice <deatrich lcavsun1 epfl ch>]

On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, bill jehle wrote:

> Does anyone know how to figure out whats wrong with my fax?
> This is the 'user log' and 'fax test' outputs.
> 
> --- /usr/bin/fax ---
{snip}
> efax: 45:52 removed stale lock /var/lock/LCK..modem from pid 2924
> efax: 45:52 created binary lock file /var/lock/LCK..modem
> efax: 45:52 Error: can't open serial port /dev/modem: Permission denied
> efax: 45:52 failed ->

Looks like you have a permission problem on the device.  I suggest you add
an entry for the modem in /etc/security/console.perms so that you can use
the modem as a non-root user..


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