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Subject: Re: 386bsd 'tip' probs and Xfree86
Message-ID: <ellis.731283178@nova>
From: ellis@nova.gmi.edu (Stew Ellis)
Date: 4 Mar 93 22:12:58 GMT
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Organization: GMI Engineering&Management Institute, Flint, MI
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dsilvia@blunt.net.com () writes:
>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?
>>
>>I get the same thing. I don't know how to fix it.
>>
>Be sure /var/spool/lock exists and all permissions are correct for tip to be
>able to read/write the its lock file. I have mine set rwx across the board,
>but then, I'm my system's only user.
>Dave S.
I am currently not running BSD386, but SunOS. By default tip is set suid
uucp. This way you do not have to have 777 on /usr/spool/locks. I prefer
to have the modem programs set up this way so other users cannot release my
locks. There is some magic that you can play with sgid on directories that
I always have to go read about when I want to change it, that prevents
people from erasing files they have not written.
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