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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am trying to connect to skype from an external application but I am getting the following error</FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">com.skype.API service not found.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Please help me to register the com.skype.API service.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have created the file skype.conf in /etc/dbus-l/system.d which contains the following:</FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN" </FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> "<A HREF="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd</A>"></FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><busconfig></FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> <!-- ../system.conf have denied everything, so we just punch some holes --></FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> <policy context="default"></FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> <allow own="com.Skype.API"/></FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> <allow send_destination="com.Skype.API"/></FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> <allow receive_sender="com.Skype.API"/></FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> <allow send_path="/com/Skype"/></FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </policy></FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></busconfig></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This is to no avail.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Abu.</FONT>
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