From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ralph Alvy Subject: Re: Using modem under dosemu 1.1.5 Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 16:40:30 -0700 Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: <200307132319.07581.dr.claudia.neumann@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200307132319.07581.dr.claudia.neumann@gmx.de> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org 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 I *have* write permission for that directory, but I can only use the modem under dosemu as root.