Installing and setting up ncid

[Juan Ignacio Donoso]

Hi:

I'm trying to install NCID on a Linux Based server. But I cannot get it working. Can you help me?

I already install it.

but when I use the command ncidd -Dv3 for debuging it shows this.

jidonoso@blinko:~$ ncidd -Dv3
Started: 06/17/2008 01:14
Server: ncidd 0.71
ncidd logfile: /var/log/ncidd.log
Processed config file: /etc/ncid/ncidd.conf
Configured to send 'cidlog' to clients.
Configured to send 'cidinfo' to clients.
Processed alias file: /etc/ncid/ncidd.alias
Verbose level: 3
Telephone Line Identifier: -
CID logfile: /var/log/cidcall.log
CID logfile maximum size: 110000 bytes
Data logfile: /var/log/ciddata.log
/dev/ttyS2: Permission denied
Terminated: 06/17/2008 01:14

Tryied this command sudo /etc/init.d/ncidd status ,and I get this.
* Network Caller ID Server ncidd is stopped

But then I try
sudo /etc/init.d/ncidd status
and also get a stopped service if i try again with the status command

If I make
I have a process running ps -aef
root 4479 1 0 01:14 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/ncidd

I used a software called scanModem to identify where is my modem and I think is in dev/ttyS2

I don't know what else to do.

thanks!

Juan Ignacio Donoso

[John L. Chmielewski]

Your debug output failed because of a permission problem on ttyS2. You should start it as "sudo ncidd -Dv3". If it starts OK, you should see a line indicating the modem is set for Called ID near the end.

You can manually connect to the modem using "minicom" if you need to troubleshoot the modem.

The status command usually will not indicate ncidd is running unless you start it as "sudo /etc/init.d/ncidd start".