On Tue, 14 May 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I'm trying to get minicom properly setup.  When I try to run
> minicom as a non-priveledged user.. I get the error that
>       /dev/cua1 permission denied
> The default permission settings on /dev/cua1 when you install
> Debian 0.93R6 is 660.  I can get things to work if I set the 
> permissions to 666 but isn't this somewhat of a security problem?
> Is there a secure way of setting this up?
> 
> Also, when I was previously using the slackware distribution
> minicom was in color.  I currently don't get it in color in an
> xterm.  Does debian come with a special color xterm?

Try /usr/bin/xminicom for xterm

Dick Arnold

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