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From: keith@imagen.UUCP (Keith Rich)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: tip busy problem
Message-ID: <9004@imagen.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 89 03:26:58 GMT
Reply-To: keith@imagen.COM (Keith Rich)
Organization: Imagen Corporation, Santa Clara, CA
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I recently noticed a problem with tip on a BSD4.3 system.
It tells me "all ports busy" unless I am root.  It wasn't
always this way, so I suspect I mis-configured something.
I've checked the ownership (uucp/daemon) and permissions
(666) on the tty in question and they seem to be in order.
The port works correctly for uucico transfers and there
are no outstanding locks in /usr/spool/uucp.

Can anyone suggest where I should look to isolate the problem?

Thanks,  Keith Rich - keith@imagen.com