How do I map ttyUSB0 to ttyS0 while using USB to Serial convertor?

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Issue

  • I do not have serial port on my system and using USB to serial convertor  on RHEL

  • Is there a way to map ttyUSB0 device to a standard serial  port? for example, ttyS0

  • How do I get Linux to link a ttyUSB0 device to a standard serial port?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • No serial port available on hardware
  • USB-to-serial adapter

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