mincom - permissions

David Timms dtimms at iinet.net.au
Tue Aug 28 09:20:25 UTC 2007


Ed Landaveri wrote:
>> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:44:34 -0700 (PDT)
>> ann kok <annkok2001 at 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 at 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 ?

DaveT.




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