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From: felawka@sitka.triumf.ca (Larry Felawka)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: 386bsd 'tip' probs and Xfree86
Date: 4 Mar 1993 06:19:28 GMT
Organization: TRIUMF, Vancouver BC
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References: <1993Feb26.201146.20262@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <yPDVZB1w165w@netlink.cts.com>
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In article <yPDVZB1w165w@netlink.cts.com> warelock@netlink.cts.com (Tom Zacharoff) writes:
>dsantry@maccs.mcmaster.ca (Doug Santry) writes:
>
>> I just installed 386bsd and have been trying to use 'tip' to no avail.
>> Everytime I try 'tip 570-1889' I get the following message :
>>
>> lock open : No such file or directory
>> all ports busy
>>
>> Even if I fool with 'remote' and 'phones' I always get 'unknown host' message
>> . How do I get tip to work? Also I don't want all the NFS stuff, which dire
>> tories can I safely delete?
>
>I get the same thing. I don't know how to fix it.
>
To get tip to work with non-superuser accounts I did the following:
- created log file /var/log/aculog and made it world-writeable
- made directory /var/lock world-writeable
- made the special file corresponding to my modem world-readable
and world-writeable (/dev/com1 in my case)
- made an entry in /etc/remote
Please note - making directories/files world-writeable is a bad thing to do
because it leaves the system vulnerable to security breaches. Please do
not blame me if someone cracks your system - this is what is called a
"quick-and-dirty" solution. My 386bsd system is not on a network yet and
I expect to tighten things up before connecting it to any network.
Hope this helps,
Larry F.