Re: [LI] Cannot creat modem lock file...

["L.V.Gandhi" <lvgandhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

make a group uucp if it doesn't exist and chgrp /var/lock/ to uucp and
give dir rw permission for the group also. this should help.
Parthesh Gulawani wrote:
> 
> I am using RH6.0 When I'm loged in as Root there is no problem to connect to
> the internet using kppp. But when I am loged in as some other user I get
> this error message "cannot creat modem lock file" as soon as I try to
> communicate with the modem. All the settings for kppp are exactly the same
> for other users as for root. Where is it trying to create the lock file? I
> mean whick directory? what permissios should I give to creat this file?

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