Hi Greg. You have three choices. Set the suid bit on dosemu, which means that everyone who runs it will have root privileges, not a good idea. Run dosemu as root, useful but not always practical. Or edit your /etc/dos/users file and give the appropriate users all privileges. Gene >I for one, think that's a grate idea, >especially because many if not all blind people that use Linux are also famila r with DOS. >This would make a grate combination for thoes that still >want to run dos exes, but do not want >any dealings with the Seattle extortionist manoply. >Greg > >P.S. I've got one more question for thoes willing to still answer them. >I'm using dosemu 1.0.2.0 as an unprivalged user, and >none of my com ports seem to work, even though I set them up >correctly in dosemu.conf. This is also true for my >system pc speaker. >Yes, I read the relevant docs. >Is there anyone out there that could tell me how to solve theese >problems or that could take a look at my >/home/user/dosemu/conf/dosemu.conf? >Thanks. > > >On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:47:28AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: >> The recent posts on this topic, particularly those from Gene, provide the >> best guidance on setting up dosemu I have come across. I want to suggest >> that we take this thread into a file and link it via the speakup web site >> for future reference. What sayest thou, Captain Kirk? >> >> >> -- >> >> Janina Sajka, Director >> Technology Research and Development >> Governmental Relations Group >> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) >> >> Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 >> >> Chair, Accessibility SIG >> Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) >> http://www.openebook.org >> >> Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, >> Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html >> >> Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther >> King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at >> http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp >> >> Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/technology/acces sapp.html >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
