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On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 04:17:13PM +0800, W.Kenworthy wrote: |
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> I want to use minicom as a user but I am getting a "cant create |
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> lockfile" failure. It works fine as root. I dont wish to change the |
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> perms on /var/lock unless I have to - so whats the gentoo way to get |
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> minicom working as a user? Also what group(s) do I need for serial |
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> port access (/dev/ttyS0 so I presume tty, or is it uucp or both/either) |
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> once I get past the lockfile problems. |
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On my system: |
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ls -ld /var/lock |
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drwxrwxr-x 3 root uucp 4096 Sep 10 10:32 /var/lock |
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ls -l /dev/tts/0 |
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crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 64 Sep 10 10:32 /dev/tts |
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So, being a member of uucp and tty will let minicom do what it |
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needs to do. |
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