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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Dialout permissions/ck/solaris2.4
Date: 1 Aug 1995 00:14:28 GMT
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In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.950731080135.3342A-100000@revco.med.yale.edu>,
Jim Revkin <revco@revco.med.yale.edu> wrote:
: When I try to dialout using C-Kermit under solaris 2.4, as a regular
: user, I get an error message telling me I don't have permission to
: access the dialout device /dev/cu/a. When I do a % ls -la /dev/cu/a
: it indicates root ownership, and everyone has rwx permissions turned on.
:
: If I login as superuser from my user account, I CAN dialout.
:
: Also, as a regular user, I can dialout using tip.
:
: What I cannot figure out is how I can dialout using tip, but cannot using
: kermit (unless I've left the login shell and gone into su), knowing that
: both applications use the same device identifier.
:
If the lock directory or the dialout device is protected against "world",
then either their protections must be changed or Kermit must be installed
setuid or setgid. This is thoroughly documented in the UNIX appendix of
the manual, "Using C-Kermit", and in the installation notes, ckuins.doc,
that come with the software.
- Frank