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- From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.admin
- Subject: Re: Problem with Pseudo-Terminals on SGI Indigo...
- Message-ID: <ukrdth0@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 23:57:46 GMT
- References: <RDUFF.93Jan8154350@arrirs04.uta.edu>
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In article <RDUFF.93Jan8154350@arrirs04.uta.edu>, rduff@arrirs04.uta.edu (Robert Duff) writes:
- >
- > We have an Indigo XS24 running IRIX 4.0.5F.
- >
- > Several programmers are writting applications that use /dev/ttyq*
- > devices for pseudo terminals. The problem is that whenever a ttyq* is
- > opened, the ownership of the device is changed to that user.
- > Afterward, no one else has permission to use that ttyq*. Is there
- > anyway I can make these pseudo terminals usable by users yet not
- > allowing the change in ownership?
-
-
- Tell them to read `man getpty`. It is intended to solve exactly such
- problems without opening security holes.
-
-
- By the way, the "Distribution: comp" line in your article probably
- significantly reduced the number of people who saw it, and so
- reduced the number of people who might answer the question.
-
-
- Vernon Schryver, vjs@sgi.com
-