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2 total messages Started by Yedidya Israel Wed, 06 Jan 1993 17:27

#932

Author: Yedidya Israel
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 17:27

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I wonder why /dev/tty?? (esp. ptys) must have 666 permissions.
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Re: 666

#934

Author: Vincent Fox
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 18:07

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In <4628@bimacs.BITNET> yedidya@bimacs.BITNET (Yedidya Israel) writes:
>I wonder why /dev/tty?? (esp. ptys) must have 666 permissions.
>Do not email, please post.

They don't have to. In fact some folks set them to 600. Sure does
cut down on user complaints about the FORTRAN compiler.

:-)

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