---
name: "mgnokiidev"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnokii-cli"
version: "0.6.31+dfsg-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mgnokiidev"
---

# mgnokiidev(8)

links /dev/gnokii to a virtual modem

## NAME

mgnokiidev - links /dev/gnokii to a virtual modem

## SYNOPSIS

**mgnokiidev */dev/pts/?***

## DESCRIPTION

**mgnokiidev** is a tool from the gnokii tool suite used to create the link /dev/gnokii that points to a pseudo-tty (/dev/pts/?).

It is called after  **gnokiid** has created a virtual modem that is attached to the pty.  It's operation is transparent under normal usage as gnokiid takes care of calling it when required.

Since **mgnokiidev** must modifiy files in /dev, it must be either run as root or SUID root.  The latter is the preferred method.  Normally the  **mgnokiidev** binary is chmod 4750 and owned by root.gnokii.

gnokii is a Linux/Unix tool suite and (eventually) modem/fax driver for Nokia mobile phones, released under the GPL.

gnokii supports most phones from the 3810/8110 and 5110/6110 series, details including bugs specific to each series appear in the files Docs/README-3810 and Docs/README-6110 respectively.

## DIAGNOSTICS

Various error messages are printed to STDERR.

## BUGS

None reported.

## AUTHOR

Hugh Blemings \<hugh@blemings.org\> and Pavel Janik ml. \<Pavel.Janik@suse.cz\> are the authors of the gnokii tool suite.

This manual page was written by Erik Rossen \<rossen@freesurf.ch\>.

See also Docs/CREDITS from the gnokii sources.

## COPYING

This program is distributed under the GNU Public License.

## SEE ALSO

gnokiid, gnokii