Re: [expert] Minicom user question -- SOLVED!

[Frank Arnold]

The 4 sets the suid, essentially letting the user run the
program as root (su). It's not the safest thing from
a security standpoint but if you are not using the
machine as a internet server you are probably allright.
Frank
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Benjamin Sher wrote:

> Dear Frank:
> 
> You are right! chmod 4755 /usr/bin/minicom did the trick. May I ask why
> the "4" prefix. Is that for my com 2? That would make sense.
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> Benjamin
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