RE: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-23 Thread Satelle, StevenX
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 March 2002 21:00 To: 'Cheryl Homiak'; 'Shri Shrikumar' Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock - UNSUBSCRIBE UNSUBSCRIBE Sorry to all those who are inconvenienced by this but I have tried multiple times to get rem

RE: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-23 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
Hi, my name is Jonathan Tabaco and I am a pompous ass. Just incase you haven't noticed, the list has been running a bit slow lately. If you have replied with the confirmation, I bet you will be removed as soon as possible. Calm down and give it some time. At 03:51 PM 3/22/2002, you wrote:

Re: dosemu: com ports; /var/lock problem

2002-03-23 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, a zero-length file gets created in /var/loc called foo. Thanks. I think it has been established, from an email I got from bart Oldeman on the dosemu list, that this is a bug in the stable version of dosemu. I am currently trying to install version 1.1.3 because i understand the problem may be

RE: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
ts.debian.org Subject: Re: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock Oh yes, the com ports have worked running it as root all along. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
ts.debian.org Subject: Re: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 17:36, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Ok, I restored everything as before as far as the partition permission and > /etc/fstab and rebooted to be sure, then used "chmod a+rw /var/lock". That > worked. The output

RE: dosemu: com ports; /var/lock problem - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
ts.debian.org Subject: Re: dosemu: com ports; /var/lock problem Yes, I've changed the permissions now, because I compared to my other machine and it also said drwxrwxrwt. But I still can't access my comports in dosemu (sigh; _SCREAM!) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

RE: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
UNSUBSCRIBE Sorry to all those who are inconvenienced by this but I have tried multiple times to get removed from the mailing list. I even sent in the confirm "CONFIRM u03180819391769" PLEASE REMOVE ME MANUALLY, as your automated system doesn't work. I will unfortunately have to resort to "spa

Re: dosemu: com ports; /var/lock problem

2002-03-22 Thread stan
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 09:13:15AM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I got an email from dosemu's maintainer, Herbert Xu, telling me to check the > permissions of /var/lock. when I do "ls -l" it says: "total 0" and still says > that when ai do "chmod 1777 /var/lock". However, if I do "ls -l /var" for

Re: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock

2002-03-22 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Oh yes, the com ports have worked running it as root all along.

Re: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock

2002-03-22 Thread Shri Shrikumar
On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 17:36, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Ok, I restored everything as before as far as the partition permission and > /etc/fstab and rebooted to be sure, then used "chmod a+rw /var/lock". That > worked. The output of "ls -dl lock" is now > drwxrw-rw- 2 root root" etc. > I relogged in. >

Re: dosemu: com ports; /var/lock problem

2002-03-22 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, I've changed the permissions now, because I compared to my other machine and it also said drwxrwxrwt. But I still can't access my comports in dosemu (sigh; _SCREAM!)

Re: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock

2002-03-22 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Cheryl Homiak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Ok, I restored everything as before as far as the partition permission and > /etc/fstab and rebooted to be sure, then used "chmod a+rw /var/lock". That > worked. The output of "ls -dl lock" is now > drwxrw-rw- 2 root root" etc. > I relogged in. >

Re: dosemu: com ports; /var/lock problem

2002-03-22 Thread Wayne Topa
Cheryl Homiak([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > I got an email from dosemu's maintainer, Herbert Xu, telling me to check the > permissions of /var/lock. when I do "ls -l" it says: "total 0" and still says > that when ai do "chmod 1777 /var/lock". However, if I do "ls -l /var" for > "l

dosemu: com ports: /var/lock

2002-03-22 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Ok, I restored everything as before as far as the partition permission and /etc/fstab and rebooted to be sure, then used "chmod a+rw /var/lock". That worked. The output of "ls -dl lock" is now drwxrw-rw- 2 root root" etc. I relogged in. Ran dosemu as me wit the debugging option. Still no com ports

dosemu: com ports; /var/lock

2002-03-22 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Ok, I finally got the permissions for /var/lock to change; I did it by changing the permissions for the partition then rebooting then changing them for /var/lock. My other pardirectories in /var have stayed with the same partitions as they haed before. However, the number after the permission lette

Re: dosemu: com ports; /var/lock problem

2002-03-22 Thread Shri Shrikumar
- Original Message - From: "Cheryl Homiak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 3:13 PM Subject: dosemu: com ports; /var/lock problem > I got an email from dosemu's maintainer, Herbert Xu, telling me to check the > permissions of /var/lock

dosemu: com ports; /var/lock problem

2002-03-22 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I got an email from dosemu's maintainer, Herbert Xu, telling me to check the permissions of /var/lock. when I do "ls -l" it says: "total 0" and still says that when ai do "chmod 1777 /var/lock". However, if I do "ls -l /var" for "lock" it says 'drwxr-xr-x". i have /var on a separate partition. Shou