Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!haven!adm!xadmx!MATHRICH@umcvmb.missouri.edu From: MATHRICH@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel UMC Math Department) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Kermit on Sunos 4.0 Message-ID: <19092@adm.BRL.MIL> Date: 12 Apr 89 01:18:42 GMT Sender: news@adm.BRL.MIL Lines: 7 When running kermit to dial out of the sun, when I try to connect, it says 'Write access to lock directory denied'. I ran kermit through strings, and the only directory I could find was /var/spool/uucp, so I changed the permissions on it to RWX for everyone. This seems to have fixed the problem, but is there a better way? Rich