On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 19:20 +1000, David Timms wrote:
Ed Landaveri wrote:
>> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:44:34 -0700 (PDT)
>> ann kok <annkok2001(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> how can I make it working when i type minicom?
>> As the root user, type this:
>>
>> minicom -S
>>
>> Configure the program and point it to the serial
>> port that you intend to use,
>> and save the configuration.
> Ann, Frank is right, this is how I do it for my Cisco
> Switches & Routers. Yours may vary according to which
> ttyS? you intent to use:
> #This is how I set up minicom to console Cisco
> Switches:
> A - Serial Device : /dev/ttyS0
> B - Lockfile Location : /var/lock
> C - Callin Program :
> D - Callout Program :
> E - Bps/Par/Bits : 9600 8N1
> F - Hardware Flow Control : Yes
> G - Software Flow Control : No
>
> [root@tuxy ~] # chmod o+rw /dev/ttyS0
> (If you wanna start it as a regular user though it
> goes back to default every reboot)
Anyone know the proper way to ensure user x always has permissions for
using the ttyS0 ?
The user has to be a member of the uucp group:
# usermod -a -G uucp username
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