Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 10:31:45 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "Damien Tougas" <damien@carroll.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Usage of "cu" Message-ID: <0a7a01c0e969$13842880$0300a8c0@oracle> References: <744580000.991268936@sprig.tougas.net>
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Thanks Damien ...... I guess I should have said that I've always run "cu" as root. so shouldn't that over-ride any ownership / group issues ?? > One of the ways cu knows that the line is in use is that it checks the > ownership and permissions on the device. Usually in this situation, I have > been able to rectify things by resetting the ownership and permissions on > /dev/cuaaX (typically uucp:dialer and mode 0660). Some programs which > access serial ports also create a lock file in /var/spool/lock which can be > removed as well. > > There have been a couple of occasions where I have gotten gibberish when I > tried to access the modem after doing this because somthing else was still > using it. YMMV. > > --- > Damien Tougas > Systems Administrator > Carroll-Net, Inc. > http://www.carroll.com > > --On Thursday, May 31, 2001 09:09:15 +1000 Doug Young > <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> wrote: > > > Would someone please enlighten me on the correct usage of "cu" > > > > I often need to re-set remote modems when they get hung, & generally > > using "cu -l /dev/cuac0x" brings a "Connected" response. Sometimes > > however I get the following > > > > # cu -l /dev/cuac0x > > cu: /dev/cuac0x: Line in use > > > > killing the getty doesn't help because it re-starts immediately > > > > Is there a way to ALWAYS make the modem pay attention ?? > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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