> Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9905171037310.16393-100000@brookie.inconnect.com>
> By author: Dax Kelson <dkelson@inconnect.com>
> 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
> Don't do that unless you want people to snoop on you. 620 are the
> proper perms; if that doesn't work with screen, screen is broken.
But it isn't. I also dont see why it needs group perms on the ttys -- unless
screen is running setuid tty or some such. Here,
> ls -l `which screen`
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 179260 Apr 7 17:29 /usr/bin/screen
> ps auxwww | fgrep screen
[snip]
thomas 28538 0.0 0.0 1924 0 pts/8 SW May21 0:00 [screen]
[snip]
> ls -l /dev/pts/8
crw--w---- 1 thomas thomas 136, 8 May 28 15:36 /dev/pts/8
-- Running RedHat 6.0. Screen came with it, though, it might have patches.
-- Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>Hi! I'm a .signature virus! copy me into your .signature file to help me spread!
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