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minicom: cannot open /dev/tty8: Permission denied

Asked by brich744@yahoo.com

Hello Everyone,

So I am trying to install javax.comm on ubuntu 10.04. I want to write a serial port program in java. I am trying to run minicom to complete the installation and I keep getting is "minicom: cannot open /dev/tty8: Permission denied". If anyone can help it will be very much appreciated.

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baitisj (baitisj) said : 		#2

run the command with the -s flag, e.g.

minicom -s