Re: Trouble with /dev/tty vs. /dev/ttyX
Thanks, this did the trick. > "SH" == Scott Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SH> /dev/tty is a psuedo-tty that is always the current tty SH> (whether a real one, a serial port, or a pty). You need read SH> and write access to it. -- Joseph M. Reinhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Biomedical Engineering 1402 Seamans Center University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 Phone: 319-335-5634 Fax: 319-335-5631
Re: Trouble with /dev/tty vs. /dev/ttyX
> "J" == Joe Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: J> I was trying to use gpg and got this error: J> ~ {138}% gpg --gen-key J> gpg (GnuPG) 1.0.1; Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. J> This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. J> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it J> under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details. J> gpg: cannot open /dev/tty: Permission denied J> The error occurs from either an xterm or a virtual term. It looks J> like the program is trying to open /dev/tty rather than /dev/ttyX J> (e.g., /dev/tty2) -- I don't know why? /dev/tty is a psuedo-tty that is always the current tty (whether a real one, a serial port, or a pty). You need read and write access to it. % ls -l /dev/tty crw-rw-rw-1 root root 5, 0 Dec 31 1969 /dev/tty % on my system. (the odd date is because I am running with devfs patch). -- More Important Drivel from: Scott Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /\/\/\ http://reality.sgi.com/scotth/
Trouble with /dev/tty vs. /dev/ttyX
Debian potato, Linux davinci 2.2.13 #1 Fri Dec 3 13:33:40 CST 1999 i586 unknown I was trying to use gpg and got this error: ~ {138}% gpg --gen-key gpg (GnuPG) 1.0.1; Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details. gpg: cannot open /dev/tty: Permission denied The error occurs from either an xterm or a virtual term. It looks like the program is trying to open /dev/tty rather than /dev/ttyX (e.g., /dev/tty2) -- I don't know why? -- Joseph M. Reinhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Biomedical Engineering 1402 Seamans Center University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 Phone: 319-335-5634 Fax: 319-335-5631