Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:29:58 +0930 (CST) From: "Daniel J. O'Connor" <darius@dons.net.au> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/84212: misc/screen port can't talk to TTYs Message-ID: <200507280759.j6S7xwrA019581@midget.dons.net.au> Resent-Message-ID: <200507280800.j6S80XI1073285@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 84212 >Category: ports >Synopsis: misc/screen port can't talk to TTYs >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jul 28 08:00:33 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Daniel J. O'Connor >Release: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD midget.dons.net.au 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #2: Wed Jul 27 20:20:22 CST 2005 darius@midget.dons.net.au:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/MIDGET i386 >Description: The screen 'cu' functionality does not work properly for non root users. It reports permission denied when an attempt to open a TTY is made. This problem does not manifest itself in 4.x, only 5.x and higher. >How-To-Repeat: Try and open a screen showing a serial port like so.. C-a :screen /dev/ucom0 9600 I get this in the status line -> Cannot open line '/dev/ucom0' for R/W: Permission denied I have permission to use /dev/ucom0.. crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 230, 128 Jul 27 23:59 /dev/ucom0 (I am in dialer) cu -l /dev/ucom0 -s 9600 works fine. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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