[lug] Finding a File

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Thursday 06 May 2004 08:42 pm, Charlie Rose wrote:
> At 2004-05-06:17:20, you wrote:
> >On looking at rpmfind, it appears that there is an rpm package named
> >minicom.  It sounds as if it may not be installed.  To check, run:
> >
> >rpm -q minicom
> >
> >If it is installed, you can do
> >
> >rpm -ql minicom
> >
> >to see which files are included in the package.
> >
> >If it isn't installed, use the media that you used to install Mandrake
> >and install the rpm from there.
>
> Many thanks, Hugh! I did what you suggested, found that it wasn't
> installed, and then figured out how to get it installed. This went
> swimmingly, but when I ran it, it came back and told me, "There is no
> global configuration file /etc/minirc.dfl". It then told me to ask my
> SysAdm to create one for me. This will be tough because *I'm* the SysAdm,
> and I don't know Jack about what I'm doing. Here's hoping I can find some
> documentation on minicom somewhere.

I believe you run it as root to set it up.  Possibly with the -i flag, or some 
such.  

Michael