Michael Doyle wrote:
> 
> G'day,
> 
> Small problem, I wish to change my method of connection (24/7) to my hub,
> from PPP to Slip, the slip is in place and have connected to it via FreeBSD,
> but now wish to use Mandrake V6 using slip, the problem is I get connected,
> but keep getting an error message that DIP cannot open ttyS1 as it is
> locked???
> 
> I remove the lock from /var/lock/, but same problem.
> 
> Not a biggie but for the life of me I cannot fix this one :-)))

Until a more secure solution comes along, you can use:

        chmod 777 /var/lock

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Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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