I'm suprised to see that I cannot add [write] permissions to others for 
the /var/lock dorectory.  It just stays at 775.  Has anyone else had this 
or know why?  i'm using rh9.



On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Claudia Neumann wrote:

> Am Sonntag, 13. Juli 2003 19:49 schrieb Ralph Alvy:
> > I think this may be the last thing I need to get everything I need to
> > run under dosemu ... I can't get access to the modem, which I have
> > connected to my serial port on com 1. I have
> >
> >     $_com1 = "/dev/modem"
> >
> > But when I load dosemu 1.1.5, I see this:
> >
> >     ERROR: tty: lock: (/var/lock/LCK..modem): Permisssion denied
> >
> > I tried to resolve this by putting myself in the groups uucp and lock,
> > but that fails to solve it.
> >
> Hi,
> 
> it is not the permission for /dev/ttyS1 but the directory /var/lock must exist 
> and you must have wright permission for this directory, otherwise dosemu will 
> not access the port.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Claudia
> 
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