Elmo wants the Modem Monitor icon on the Panel

[Olafur Arason]

You go to Properties->User Privileges and it's Using Modem in
users-admin

The group is called dialout if you want to know and /dev/ttyS* is
in that group

Olafur Arason

2006/1/24, alex <radsky at ncia.net>:
> Olafur Arason wrote:
>
> >Try going to System->Administration->User and Groups
> >And adding that user to the Access Modem groups.
> >
> >
> There doesn't seem anything like a 'Access Modem' group
> although one user can use the Panel icon to access the
> modem.
>
> If 'pon' and 'poff' work for both users, it would seem
> that either user is able to access a modem but I can't
> find any indication of this in the 'User and Groups' listings
>
> >Olafur Arason
> >2006/1/23, alex <radsky at ncia.net>:
> >
> >
> >>I recently added another user (Elmo) and would like to give him some of
> >>the privileges  of the first user, in this instance, a means of
> >>accessing internet by clicking a 'Modem Monitor' icon on the Panel.
> >>
> >>The first thing I did after adding the second user was run
> >>'pppconfigure' to give Elmo internet privileges.  Elmo was then able to
> >>access internet with the 'pon' command.
> >>
> >>There was no problem for the first user;  all he had to do was right
> >>click the panel and and select 'add to panel' then select the 'Modem
> >>Monitor' icon in 'System and Hardware' and the icon appeared on the
> >>Panel. (He also found that the icon could simply be dragged to the Panel.)
> >>
> >>The second user (Elmo) can drag the 'Modem Monitor' icon from  'System
> >>and Hardware' but it won't drop onto the Panel or any other place.
> >>The  'add to panel'  option doesn't work either.  Strangely, Elmo can
> >>place other 'System and Hardware' icons on the panel, just not the
> >>'Modem Monitor'.  It almost seems that 'Modem Monitor' can be used by
> >>only one user.
> >>
> >>However, Elmo can access internet with the 'pon' command and conduct
> >>email and web business.  It's just that he can't use the 'Modem Monitor'
> >>icon that's available in the 'Add to Panel' menu.
> >>
> >>Elmo would like to have the 'Modem Monitor' to access internet...what
> >>does he have to do?
> >>
> >>Kermit
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