Newbie: Python & Serial Port question

[Sanjay Arora]

Am a python newbie. Does python have a native way to communicate with a
PC serial port? I found that pyserial needs java.

I am using Linux..CentOS 4.2, to be exact, no java installed and
zilch/no/none/maybe never experience of java too.

I have an application where I want to resd logs from the serial port of
an EPABX and log them to a postgreSQL database. What's the best way to
do this using python? Does anyone know of an existing software/python
library/module for this?

Please help.

With best regards.
Sanjay.