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2005 Sep 03
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Changing permissions on files that only exist during USB operation
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pi_bind Invalid argument
Check your serial port and settings
Exiting with status SYNC_ERROR_BIND
Finished
I searched on the net, and it would seem that this is because of a
permissions problem with the /dev/pilot files. The advice I am following
is here:
http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Running_JPilot_as_a_non-privileged_user.html
On this page the writer says that there are two ways to solve the
problem - make the user the owner of the device, or make the device
world writable. The author of the page says "making files (especially
devices) world-writable should be avoided", but I think I...