Hello,
I am hoping you can help me with what (I hope) will be an easy question -
I've seen similar questions out in the newsgroups, but with no answers...
I am attempting to setup DOSEMU (v1.0.2) on a RedHat 7.0 system. The
problem simply put: I cannot access the serial ports from within the DOS
session. As I understand it, this should be a simple thing to set up. I
have tried two different paths to reach the modem on COM1, with varying
results:
PATH 1:
The docs imply that I should be able to access the modem without direct
hardware access (virtual mode), which is what I would prefer. I have set
_com1="/dev/ttyS0", and have set _secure="0", but I cannot seem to access
the ports at all. (Is there something I need to run INSIDE of the dos
session to enable them)?
PATH 2:
The other route I've tried is setuid root. The machine is not
net-connected, so there's no security problem. I've setup the dosemu binary
for suid root, but I get the following message:
You (or your distributor) made the dosemu binary suid-root.
The local configuration within this DOSEMU installation is
not intended for secure operation. You need to run this
non-suid-root as normal unprivileged user.
What changes might I make to my installation to allow it to run as suid
root? I've found nothing obvious in the docs, only mention about running
that way: "when running as suid root ...".
This is (almost) certainly a configuration issue on my part, but could be
considered too, a documentation bug--this is probably a pretty common use
for dosemu; it could be easier to locate.
Any help you can supply will be greatly appreciated. Help me out here, I
might be interested in helping clean up the documentation.
--Jeff Beardsley <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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