Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bpa!temvax!robechq!eli
From: eli@robechq.UUCP ( Robec Horsham  PM)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: problesm with SCo Xenix Dos Utilities
Keywords: can't seize device
Message-ID: <755@robechq.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jul 89 14:16:53 GMT
References: <9469@xanth.cs.odu.edu>
Reply-To: eli@.UUCP (Eli Levine - Robec Horsham  PM)
Organization: Robec Inc., Horsham, PA
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In article <9469@xanth.cs.odu.edu> paterra@cs.odu.edu (Frank C. Paterra) writes:
>
>I have a problem with the dos utilities that come with sco xenix.
>They used to work ok, but now after a user uses one (like dosdir,
>doscp, etc.) the next user to try to access the floppy drive gets a
>message saying
>
>/tmp/00517: Permission denied
>Can't sieze /dev/fd148

Did you install something recently that might have changed
the permissions or ownership of the /tmp directory?
Check it.  "ls -ld /tmp"