Bug 3909 - tcsh as nonroot user /dev/port permission denied
Summary: tcsh as nonroot user /dev/port permission denied
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: tcsh
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-07-06 07:40 UTC by zmarcel
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:23 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-07-13 20:39:06 UTC
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Description zmarcel 1999-07-06 07:40:00 UTC 
If a nonroot user starts tcsh in complains about permissions
for /dev/port. Although this seems not to affect the further
session, it is somehow a bug. If logging in as root user or
su'ed in somewhere this problem does not show up.
I hope you know a way to get rid of this ugly messages.

NONROOT:
Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
Kernel 2.2.5-22 on an i686

travelmate login: sumo
Password:
Last login: Sun Jul  4 22:40:42 on tty1
Cannot open /dev/port: Permission denied
[sumo@travelmate ~]#

ROOT:
Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
Kernel 2.2.5-22 on an i686

travelmate login: root
Password:
Last login: Mon Jul  5 21:58:05 on tty2
[root@travelmate ~]#
Comment 1 David Lawrence 1999-07-13 20:39:59 UTC 
I could not replicate this problem on a standard 6.0 install machine
with kernel-2.2.5-22 installed.
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