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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: 7 Jan 1999 14:54:53 GMT
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In article <36949A79.1FD09D1E@globalnet.co.uk>,
Tim Hedger <hedger@globalnet.co.uk> wrote:
: Thanks for your very prompt reply - I've read the relevant chapter, and
: checked out the permissions of the various programs, files and devices, and
: they all appear to be set up as required - I guess I must be missing
: something.
:
: My kermit executable is setgid to uucp:
: [root@th1 bin]# ls -l kermit
: -rwxr-sr-x 1 root uucp 517832 Mar 14 1997 kermit
:
: My lockfile directory is in group uucp:
: [root@th1 /var]# ls -l /var | grep lock
: drwxrwxr-x 5 root uucp 1024 Jan 7 11:14 lock
:
: My modem is in group uucp:
: [root@th1 /var]# ls -l /dev/modem
: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root uucp 4 Dec 29 20:23 /dev/modem -> cua0
:
But /dev/modem is a symlink. What about /dev/cua0?
- Frank