[Nut-upsuser] /dev/ttyS0 permissions problem

Thu Oct 20 23:22:52 UTC 2005

On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 07:00:39PM -0400, Miguel wrote:
> I am having trouble installing
> 
>  nut-2.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm
>  nut-client-2.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm

What Linux distro?

> 
> the service run as nut:nut, but /dev/ttyS0 is owned by root:uucp
> 
> I can chown nut:nut /dev/ttyS0, but the owner changes on reboot.

If it is on SUSE then you have to edit /etc/permissions.local and add a line
there reading

/dev/ttyS0 nut.nut 660

Then it will survive reboot.

> Q: What am I doing wrong?
> 

If it is not on a SUSE system, then I don't know the answer.

-Kastus