[Wylug-discuss] screen - cannot open ttys

Darren Drapkin darren.drapkin at ntlworld.com
Tue Nov 30 21:42:00 UTC 2010


On Tuesday 30 Nov 2010 13:32:32 steve at patter.me.uk wrote:

>
> any ideas? I do have root on this computer.
>
> crw--w---- 1 aidan tty 3,  0 Nov 30 13:17 /dev/ttyp0
> crw--w---- 1 steve tty 3,  1 Nov 30 13:31 /dev/ttyp1
> crw------- 1 steve tty 3,  2 Nov 30 13:31 /dev/ttyp2 <this looks like it
> crw--w---- 1 root  tty 3,  3 Nov 30 13:22 /dev/ttyp3
> crw--w---- 1 root  tty 3,  3 Nov 30 13:22 /dev/ttyp4

I think all that root needs to do is give /dev/ttyp2 write permission
to a group consisting of aiden steve and perhaps root. 
Or put steve into the tty group.
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Darren Drapkin 



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