you have Red Hat linux 6.0, uninstall dosemu and install version 98.8
(the stable one). If this doesn't solve the problem then something could
be incorrectly set in the dosemu.users file. I can access COM1 as a
regular user on mine.
On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Trachier, Gary M CRL wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to use a DOS application on my Linux box, and it needs access to a
> modem on a serial port (COM1). I have things set up and, when I am logged
> in as root, everything works perfectly. I have dosemu set up so that
> "regular" users who are listed in the dosemu.users file can use it. Dosemu
> seems to work ok when I log in as a normal user, except it does not access
> the serial port.
>
> This is a new installation of dosemu-0.99.10.0 . One clue I found is that
> when I log in as root, the owner and group of the serial port lock file is
> uucp, uucp respectively. When I log in as a regular user, ownerships are
> root, users. My user ID is a member of the "users" group.
>
> I have read all of the FAQs, HOW-TOs, and newsgroup information that I can
> find, but haven't found anything that addresses the problem. Can you please
> either answer directly, or point me to the answer.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> ~ Gary
>
>
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