Q about log file

[Adam Lackorzynski]

Hi,

On Sun Feb 19, 2023 at 00:02:24 +0200, Денис Иванович wrote:
> Hi! I see minicom isn't do a log file. First  i didn't change defoult setings and check dir /var/log/minicom.log - file not exist. Next i change "Catalog and files" - F - A and write "/var/log/minicom.log" but i didn't help. The file doesn't creat.
> I use Ubuntu Ubuntu 16.04.7 but on other version was the same.
> My config file
> cat /etc/minicom/minirc.dfl
> 
> pu port             /dev/ttyS1
> pu baudrate         9600
> pu logfname         /var/log/minicom.log

As which user are you running minicom? Writing to /var/log typically
requires root privileges.


Adam