On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:58 PM, fred <fred@blakemfg.com> wrote:
quoted text > Hello,
>
> A user needs to connect to external equipment using tip and a serial port.
>
> I created an /etc/remote file:
> snake:br=9600:dv=/dev/tty01:hf:nb:pa=none
>
> The group associated with /dev/tty01 was changed from dialer to one that
> includes the user:
> $ls -l /dev/tty01
> crw-rw---- 1 uucp wheel 8, 1 Feb 7 09:38 /dev/tty01
so, the user is already in wheel group. Revert above change. Enable
sudo (if not already done so) for users in group wheel.
$ sudo -u uucp tip snake
--patrick
quoted text > Root can use tip and connect ok but if the user tries it:
>
> $tip snake
> /var/spool/lock/LCK...tty01: No such file or directory
> Can't open lock file.
> all ports busy
>
> I assume the user doesn't have permission to write to /var/spool/lock and
> having root give the user rw permission on the port is probably not the
> correct way to handle this.
>
> How can I fix this problem?
