From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Apr 7 13:00:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-ports Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA28120 for ports-outgoing; Sun, 7 Apr 1996 13:00:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from saturn (root@saturn.apana.org.au [202.12.90.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA28098 for ; Sun, 7 Apr 1996 13:00:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by saturn (Smail3.1.29.1 #2) id m0u60cm-0006y7C; Mon, 8 Apr 96 05:59 EST Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (central [203.9.107.245]) by bullseye.apana.org.au (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA08807 for ; Sun, 7 Apr 1996 18:52:06 +1000 Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 19:00:13 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew MacIntyre To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: query wrt c-kermit-5a-190 port X-Sender: andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have a query with regards to the above port, as part of the 2.1 ports collection. In the last set of patches in patchfile patch-aa distributed on the 2.1 CD-ROM from Walnut Creek, to function priv_opn, the calls to priv_on() and priv_off() are disabled for FreeBSD. The patches concerned are to lines 8069-8077 of ckutio.c. With these two calls disabled as per the distributed patches, attempting to SET LINE to /dev/cuaa* from kermit as built from the ports facility results in "access denied", which is baffling as the kermit binary as installed is setgid to dialer, matching the devices. On a hunch, I backed out these particular patches, and kermit now behaves as expected, without the "access denied" message. I have tried both telnet and dial-out modem (/dev/cuaa*) connects with the resulting binary without apparent ill-effect, albeit on a limited basis. Is there any record of the reason for these particular modifications, or any known side effects of operating without them? TIA PS. To all concerned with the ports collection, notwithstanding this minor puzzle, thanks heaps for your efforts! -- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: andrew.macintyre@aba.gov.au (work) | Snail: PO Box 370 andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (play) | Belconnen ACT 2616 Fido: Andrew MacIntyre, 3:620/243.18 | Australia