Re: minicom

[Barry Drake <bldrake worldnet att net>]

Denice,
Thank you.  I'll make that change regarding <modem> in console.perms.

I guess that I assumed kermit is part of the default installation.  Most Unixes
have it.  Do I need to download it and install it?
Barry
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Denice wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, Barry Drake wrote:
>
> > Solved the problem of not being able to execute minicom from users other
> > than root by toggling the SetUID permission on the minicom executable.
>
> Another possibility (and probably safer) is to add an entry for your
> serial port to /etc/security/console.perms -- so in 'device classes' add
> an entry:
>
>  <modem>=/dev/ttyS0
>
> and in 'permission definitions' add:
>
>  <console> 0600 <modem>  0600 root
>
> >
> > Now kermit does not work and there are no error msgs.  It is located in
> > the /usr/share/terminfo/k/ directory.  Kermit on the system I log into
> > times out. Any ideas?
>
> Not sure I understand ... the entry in /usr/share/terminfo/k/ is just a
> terminal-capabilites file. Do you mean you've installed kermit, and it
> doesn't work? If so, you might want to look for a lock file, though there
> is usually an error message about this..
>
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