diff --git a/tecs/tecs_cli.c b/tecs/tecs_cli.c
index 6447f62..9e9aa53 100644
--- a/tecs/tecs_cli.c
+++ b/tecs/tecs_cli.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pTecsClient TeccStart(char *startcmd, char *host, int port) {
   CocConn *conn;
   int iret;
 
+/* called by tecs client -> set write access later by function tecs_rights */
+
   NEW(conn, CocConn);
   ERR_I(iret=CocInitClient(conn, host, port, rdCode, 0, startcmd));
   if (iret==1) ErrShort("TECS_INIT: can not connect to TecsServer");
@@ -31,11 +33,13 @@ pTecsClient TeccInit(char *startcmd, int port) {
   CocConn *conn=NULL;
   int iret;
 
+/* called by sics server -> always read and write */
+
   NEW(conn, CocConn);
-  if (startcmd[0]=='#') {
-    ERR_I(iret=CocInitClient(conn, startcmd+1, port, rdCode, 0, ""));
+  if (startcmd[0]=='#') { /* obsolete */
+    ERR_I(iret=CocInitClient(conn, startcmd+1, port, rwCode, 0, ""));
   } else {
-    ERR_I(iret=CocInitClient(conn, "", port, rdCode, 0, startcmd));
+    ERR_I(iret=CocInitClient(conn, "", port, rwCode, 0, startcmd));
   }
   if (iret==1) ErrShort("TECS_INIT: can not connect to TecsServer");
   return((pTecsClient)conn);