I just installed minicom on SuSE 10.1

at the command line
1.) How can I create a new user (I have used the useradd or adduser command
but for some reason I can not figure out how to assign a passwrd to that
user useing terminal)

2.) How can I give that user permission to use minicom ( /dev/ttyS0 )

On Mar 5, 9:23 pm, "Tony" <veto.antho...@verizon.net> wrote:
> I just installed minicom on SuSE 10.1
>
> at the command line
> 1.) How can I create a new user (I have used the useradd or adduser command
> but for some reason I can not figure out how to assign a passwrd to that
> user useing terminal)

First, define the user using the useradd(8) command ("man 8 useradd")
Then, give the new user a password using the passwd(1) command ("man 1
passwd"). As root, use the
passwd <userid>
form of the passwd(1) command.

>
> 2.) How can I give that user permission to use minicom ( /dev/ttyS0 )

First, find out which group owns /dev/ttyS0. On my system (admittedly,
Slackware 11.0), /dev/ttyS0 is owned by the uucp group; on your system
it might be different. Use the -l option of the ls(1) command to find
out
~ $ ls -l /dev/ttyS0
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 1994-07-17 19:48 /dev/ttyS0

Next, add the user to that group, using the -G option of the
usermod(8) command, as in
usermod -G uupc someuser

NB: If you had established the need for this user to have access to /
dev/ttyS0 before you defined the user, you could have specified the
supplemental group in your useradd(8) command.

HTH
--
Lew

Hallo,

Op dinsdag 06 maart 2007 schreef Lew Pitcher aan All:

>> 2.) How can I give that user permission to use minicom (
>> /dev/ttyS0 )
LP> First, find out which group owns /dev/ttyS0.
LP> Next, add the user to that group,

Also have a look at /etc/minicom.users

Groeten,

Hans.

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