[NTLUG:Discuss] Serial Ports and Palm Pilot

[R P Herrold]

On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Bug Hunter wrote:

> actually, on linux past RedHat 6.0, use
>
> chmod a+rw /dev/ttyS0        (com 1)
> chmod a+rw /dev/ttyS1        (com 2)....etc

Awkkk...

1.  s/RedHat/Red Hat/  and   RH != Linux  <smile>

Better is:

2.  To add it properly into the RH security model, so that the
end user at the physical console gets permission 'on the fly
(and it is revoked at logout):

in /etc/security/console.perms

I added

<camera>=/dev/camera /mnt/camera* /dev/ttyS0
..................................^^^^^^^^^^

to permit access by gphoto on the appropiate interface to the
serial port to pull pictures off it.

A pilot has an entry there in a base install:

<pilot>=/dev/pilot

which would be modified to:

<pilot>=/dev/pilot /dev/ttyS0

(or as appropiate as to specific serial port ...)