Re: group perms on /dev/pts/*

Dax Kelson (dkelson@inconnect.com)
Mon, 17 May 1999 10:38:47 -0600 (MDT)

> By author: Evan Van Dyke <e-van@nwu.edu>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > Since 2.2.7 I've been seeing some wierd FOO with /dev/pts/*.
> > I use screen, which requires +rwx permissions on /dev/pts/1,
> > or which ever terminal it is currently on... however, the group
> > permissions appear to now be set, by default, to _just_ +w.
> > Yes, I am in group tty.... I can fix the problem by manually
> > sudo chmod g+rwx /dev/pts/*
> > but it's annoying... does anyone know if this is a bug? a
> > feature? an automated workaround? Thanks in advance.

Edit your /etc/fstab, change the mode to "640" instead of "620"..ie..

none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=640 0 0

Dax Kelson

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