Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:22:42 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "R. Lahaye" <lahaye@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: minicom is forbidden ? Message-ID: <15258.32274.776165.943019@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <71122357@toto.iv>
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R. Lahaye <lahaye@users.sourceforge.net> types: > When I do a make in /usr/ports/comms/minicom, I get: > ===> minicom-1.83.1_2 is forbidden: Local exploit yielding setuid uucp. > What does that mean? That there's a security problem in the port. If you don't care, delete the "FORBIDDEN=" line in the Makefile, and just make it. > If minicom isn't available, what would be an alternative for setting > up a terminal that listens to the serial port ? tip is in the base system. > (My PC's serial port is connected via a null-modem-cable to another > FreeBSD PC that has no minitor/videocard and exports its console to > the serial port). That's the kind of thing I use tip for. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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