[Linux-India] minicom runs only under root

["RAJESH J. ADVANI" <rajeshja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I have set  /dev/modem to point to /dev/cua1 (Modem is on COM2)

minicom runs perfectly when I log in as root, but as any other user, when
I run minicom, I get the message,

tty_io.c: process 1301 (minicom) used obsolete /dev/cua1 - update software
to use /dev/ttyS1
Cannot create lockfile. Sorry.

I set /dev/modem to point to /dev/ttyS1, but that gave me the error - 

minicom: cannot open /dev/modem: Permission denied

/dev/modem is chmod 777

lrwxrwxrwx   1 root  root  10 Aug 12 19:52 /dev/modem ->  /dev/ttyS1  

Same when I did for /dev/cua1.

Right now I am logged in as root, and using ttyS1.
Please reply soon. I don't like working as root.

- -Rajesh
Live and Let live
... and use Linux


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