[ltp] Using "setserial /dev/ttyS* autoconfig" without root

[J.J.Green]

Hi

> i HATE visudo.  yep, i read the manpage when i first began using sudo. 
> yep, i tried visudo when i first began using sudo.  yep, i STILL think
> visudo is an utter piece of junk because by default it uses vi, and not
> something on the usability level of window's notepad.  (heck, this is a
> security application right, where simplicity should be the rule so as to
> help reduce/eliminate user error, a major cause of insecurity.)

Its not *that* bad. And there's usually a workaround -- on
debian (testing/unstable)

hardy:/home/jjg# strings `which visudo` | grep bin
/bin/mv
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
/usr/sbin/sendmail
/usr/bin/editor
hardy:/home/jjg# ls -l /usr/bin/editor
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           24 Jun 28  2001 /usr/bin/editor
-> /etc/alternatives/editor
hardy:/home/jjg# ls -l /etc/alternatives/editor
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           12 Jul 23 14:16
/etc/alternatives/editor -> /usr/bin/jed
hardy:/home/jjg# 

Yuck -- I much prefer vi.

So it just takes the changing of a symbolic link in order
to change the editor. 

-j
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