On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:58 PM, fred <f...@blakemfg.com> wrote: > Hello, > > A user needs to connect to external equipment using tip and a serial port. > > I created an /etc/remote file: > snake:br=9600:dv=/dev/tty01:hf:nb:pa=none > > The group associated with /dev/tty01 was changed from dialer to one that > includes the user: > $ls -l /dev/tty01 > crw-rw---- 1 uucp wheel 8, 1 Feb 7 09:38 /dev/tty01
so, the user is already in wheel group. Revert above change. Enable sudo (if not already done so) for users in group wheel. $ sudo -u uucp tip snake --patrick > Root can use tip and connect ok but if the user tries it: > > $tip snake > /var/spool/lock/LCK...tty01: No such file or directory > Can't open lock file. > all ports busy > > I assume the user doesn't have permission to write to /var/spool/lock and > having root give the user rw permission on the port is probably not the > correct way to handle this. > > How can I fix this problem?
