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-#### 18.1.4.1 Making Device Special Files 
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-A shell script called `MAKEDEV` in the `/dev` directory manages the device special files. To use `MAKEDEV` to make dial-up device special files for `COM1` (port 0), `cd` to `/dev` and issue the command `MAKEDEV ttyd0`. Likewise, to make dial-up device special files for `COM2` (port 1), use `MAKEDEV ttyd1`.
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-`MAKEDEV` not only creates the `/dev/ttyd`***N****** device special files, but also the `/dev/cuaa`***N******, `/dev/cuaia`***N******, `/dev/cuala`***N******, `/dev/ttyld`***N******, and `/dev/ttyid`***N****** nodes.
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-After making new device special files, be sure to check the permissions on the files (especially the `/dev/cua*` files) to make sure that only users who should have access to those device special files can read and write on them -- you probably do not want to allow your average user to use your modems to dial-out. The default permissions on the `/dev/cua*` files should be sufficient:
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-    crw-rw----    1 uucp     dialer    28, 161 Feb 15 14:38 /dev/cuaia1
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-    crw-rw----    1 uucp     dialer    28, 193 Feb 15 14:38 /dev/cuala1
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-These permissions allow the user `uucp` and users in the group `dialer` to use the call-out devices.
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 ### 18.1.5 Serial Port Configuration 
 
 
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-If there is no `/dev/cuaa0` on your system, do this:
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 Or use `cu` as `root` with the following command: