Re: cannot open cuad* with a shared lock in todays kernel

From: othermark <atkin901_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:02:53 -0800
othermark wrote:
> I have two kernels, one build from 3/16 and one from this morning 3/18
> built with the exact same kernel config.
> 
> If I boot the 3/16 kernel, I can open /dev/cuad0, if I boot
> the 3/18 kernel...

Argh, ok, the _real_ problem is that minicom installs suid to
uucp:dialer.  The 3/16 kernel allows suid access to /dev/cuad0
for uucp, the 3/18 kernel does not.   Changing ownership of
minicom fixes the problem.

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Received on Mon Mar 21 2005 - 15:21:44 UTC

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