Re: Permissions to devices

["A. John Peters" <ajpeters ajpconsult com>]

On 10/9/02 8:00 PM, "Rick Stevens" <rstevens vitalstream com> wrote:

> A. John Peters wrote:
>> On 10/9/02 1:53 PM, "Rick Stevens" <rstevens vitalstream com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> A. John Peters wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I want to give permissions to my ttys to regular users. I seem to get
>>>> permission denied.
>>>> 
>>>> How do I allow users to have access to devices.
>>> 
>>> Well, the easiest way is "chmod o+rw /dev/ttyS*".  That gives read
>>> and write access to "others".
>>> 
>>> To control it a bit more, don't do what I just said.  Instead, add the
>>> users you want to have access to the "uucp" group, since the devices
>>> in question are usually owner root, group uucp.  Your call.
>> 
>> That did it.  Tried both on 2 different systems and both worked.
> 
> Glad to help, John.
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What type of users permission would you give to a desktop jaz or zip drive?

How about a server Jaz or zip disk?