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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
>
> > I dialed as 'root' then switched terminals and logged in as 'user'
> > and ssh followed by the login@URL tells me 'permission denied'.
> > Telnet 'cannot open connection'.  I had already done chmod +x ssh
> > for it to be executable by everyone (it would not work even as root
> > before this).

> Try chmod 777 ssh, to allow everyone full access.

It was already -rwxrwxrwx.

My error message is
/dev/ttyp0:  Permission denied
This was crwx------
chmod 777 /dev/ttyp0 >  crwxrwxrwx  (I did a chmod -x next > crw-rw-rw-)

I still get the same Permission denied message.  Do I need to reboot or 
something?  I logged out and in again as user.


> > Why is lpr an 'offline printer'?
>
> I'm not sure I know what you mean by that. Who says it's an offline
> printer?

The man page said it was.  Maybe that means it puts print jobs in a spool 
and does them after a user logs off?

> > How do I get ssh and telnet to work for 'user'?
>
> Give everyone permission to use them and any devices they require.

The only device mentioned for ssh was /dev/ttyp0.

Has anyone else managed to ssh or telnet with BL2 or BL3 as user?

> David
> --

Sindi