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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Syntax error near unexpected token `(' Post 303032734 by wisecracker on Friday 22nd of March 2019 05:48:42 PM
Old 03-22-2019
OK.


From an actual root user go to the '/dev/input' drawer and:
cat < mouse0
AND:
cat < mice
...and in each see if mouse movement presents garbage on the terminal window.
Ctrl-C should quit the test(s).

The redirection is implicit normally but I have known when attacking the HW normal rules sometimes do not apply so one has to be explicit.

One of the 'events' does the same but it was ages ago and I can't remember which one it is.

--- Post updated at 09:48 PM ---

Hi drew77...

I am pretty sure on a personal system you need root access to mess with HW devices.
But this was 10+ years ago when I hammered the HW via its device structure on a Linux tool.


Do you not have root access at all as an admin?
 

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dialups(4)							   File Formats 							dialups(4)

NAME
dialups - list of terminal devices requiring a dial-up password SYNOPSIS
/etc/dialups DESCRIPTION
dialups is an ASCII file which contains a list of terminal devices that require a dial-up password. A dial-up password is an additional password required of users who access the computer through a modem or dial-up port. The correct password must be entered before the user is granted access to the computer. The set of ports that require a dial-up password are listed in the dialups file. Each entry in the dialups file is a single line of the form: terminal-device where terminal-device The full path name of the terminal device that will require a dial-up password for users accessing the computer through a modem or dial-up port. The dialups file should be owned by the root user and the root group. The file should have read and write permissions for the owner (root) only. EXAMPLES
Example 1: A sample dialups file. Here is a sample dialups file: /dev/term/a /dev/term/b /dev/term/c FILES
/etc/d_passwd dial-up password file /etc/dialups list of dial-up ports requiring dial-up passwords SEE ALSO
d_passwd(4) SunOS 5.10 4 May 1994 dialups(4)
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