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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: Using kermit when not logged in as root
Date: 6 Jan 1999 17:25:13 GMT
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In article <76vso2$bc8$1@newnews.global.net.uk>,
Tim Hedger <news@hedger.globalnet.co.uk> wrote:
: I've set up Kermit (using the Redhat rpm installation) on my Redhat 5.2
: Linux machine.
:
: Having spent some time getting it configured properly (with entries in the
: relevant init files to configure the modem etc) as root, I logged on as
: another user and tried to use it.
:
: I got errors in the startup of kermit, when it tried to SET LINE
: /dev/modem - I got "permission denied" - the same thing happened when I
: issued the command manually.
:
: I'm able to use minicom to communicate through the same modem using this
: non-root user, so I'm not sure what the permission denied problem is.
:
Because minicom is setuid and/or setgid to the groups and/or users who have
write access to the UUCP lockfile directory and/or the dialout device.
Please read the UNIX appendix of "Using C-Kermit" or the section of
ckuins.doc (C-Kermit for UNIX Installation Instructions) on "Dialing Out and
Coordinating with UUCP".
The same obstacles must be dealt with in UNIX no matter what communication
software you are installing. Minicom happened to come preinstalled this way
so you didn't notice it.
- Frank