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Re: [Linux-India] minicom runs only under root



BTW have U edited *minicom.users* file to allow your username ?

- - soumya
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From: Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxx>
To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 3:04 AM
Subject: [Linux-India] minicom runs only under root


> cd /dev
> ln -sf ttyS1 modem
> chmod 666 ttyS1
> 
> OR
> 
> chown uucp.uucp ttyS1
> chmod 600 ttyS1
> chown uucp.uucp `which minicom`
> chmod 4511 `which minicom`
> 
> The second way is safer in a multiuser environment, and you'll need to
> chown all programs which use ttyS1 to uucp.uucp and chmod 4511 them.
> 
> -- Raju
> 
> >>>>> "Rajesh" == RAJESH J ADVANI <rajeshja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>     Rajesh> Hi, I have set /dev/modem to point to /dev/cua1 (Modem is
>     Rajesh> on COM2)
> 
>     Rajesh> minicom runs perfectly when I log in as root, but as any
>     Rajesh> other user, when I run minicom, I get the message,
> 
>     Rajesh> tty_io.c: process 1301 (minicom) used obsolete /dev/cua1 -
>     Rajesh> update software to use /dev/ttyS1 Cannot create
>     Rajesh> lockfile. Sorry.
> 
>     Rajesh> I set /dev/modem to point to /dev/ttyS1, but that gave me
>     Rajesh> the error -
> 
>     Rajesh> minicom: cannot open /dev/modem: Permission denied
> 
>     Rajesh> /dev/modem is chmod 777
> 
>     Rajesh> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 12 19:52 /dev/modem ->
>     Rajesh> /dev/ttyS1
> 
>     Rajesh> Same when I did for /dev/cua1.
> 
>     Rajesh> Right now I am logged in as root, and using ttyS1.  Please
>     Rajesh> reply soon. I don't like working as root.
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