Subject: Re: Kermit woes - my story
To: None <willey@ecn.purdue.edu>
From: Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>
List: current-users
Date: 07/29/1994 10:54:13
>From: Mark F Willey <willey@ecn.purdue.edu>
>Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 21:39:46 -0500 (EST)
>
>When I try to set line /dev/com0, it waits forever. It will go through if
>I send it a signal.
First of all, don't use the /dev/com? devices; use /dev/tty0? instead.
If the /dev/com? symlinks still exist, delete them.
>Kermit is suid to uucp, and /dev/tty0? is rw only for uucp.
>
>What does everyone else do to get it to work?
Did you replace the calls to setuid() and setgid() to seteuid() and
setegid() respectively in ckutio.c?
>BTW, my tty00 has the clocal flag appended in /etc/ttys ie "on secure
>clocal"
Here is the source of your problem. Replace "clocal" with "local".
ttydefaults(8) ignores flags that it doesn't recognize.
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Mike Long Mike.Long@Analog.com
VLSI Design Engineer (PGP 2.6 public key available)
Analog Devices, CPD Division
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