https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222505 Bug ID: 1222505 Summary: ckermit: cannot create lock file in /var/lock Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: Leap 15.6 Hardware: x86-64 OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Other Assignee: screening-team-bugs@suse.de Reporter: ceggers@arri.de QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Target Milestone: --- Found By: --- Blocker: --- Kermit needs to create a lock file for the used serial port (e.g. /dev/ttyUSB0) under /var/lock (symlink to /run/lock). Until Leap 15.5, that directory was owned by group "lock", so it was sufficient to add the current user to the "lock" group. But now the directory is owned by group "root", so using the "lock" group is not sufficient anymore. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Add current user to "dialout" group (and create re-login after that). 2. Ensure that step 1. was successful (e.g. by using the "id" command). 3. kermit -l /dev/ttyUSB0 Actual Results: Kermit gives an error "can't open device". Using "set line /dev/ttyUSB0" in kermit's interactive mode gives a more precise error message: "Sorry, write access to UUCP lockfile directory denied." Expected Results: kermit should have created the lock file and open /dev/ttyUSB0 A workaround is to change the group of /run/lock to "dialout" (and to add the current user to this group). But this change is lost after every reboot. Possibly related to https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624290 ("ckermit from contrib repository does not use lockdev, so cannot write to /var/lock"). The packet installed is: $ rpm -q ckermit --info Name : ckermit Version : 9.0.302 Release : 150000.3.3.1 Architecture: x86_64 Install Date: Mo 08 Apr 2024 09:44:42 CEST Group : Hardware/Modem Size : 2621762 License : BSD-3-Clause Signature : RSA/SHA256, Fr 01 Apr 2022 13:39:36 CEST, Key ID 70af9e8139db7c82 Source RPM : ckermit-9.0.302-150000.3.3.1.src.rpm Build Date : Fr 01 Apr 2022 13:39:14 CEST Build Host : goat10 Relocations : (not relocatable) Packager : https://www.suse.com/ Vendor : SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> URL : http://www.kermitproject.org/ Summary : A Combined Serial and Network Communication Software Package Description : C-Kermit is a combined serial and network communication software package offering a consistent, medium-independent, and cross-platform approach to connection establishment, terminal sessions, file transfer, character-set translation, and automation of communication tasks. Distribution: SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.