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Article #15Re: Ultrix 4.3, and xterm
From: sjansen
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 12:40
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 12:40
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In article <MevgBkO00WB2E6ckxT@andrew.cmu.edu>, maling+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ling Ma) writes... > >Hope this is not a dumb one: > >I recently got a DS5000/133, with PXG+. The system came with Ultrix 4.3, and >Motif etc, but not much of standard X. I got a copy of xterm from the >local Andrew system here, but there is a slight problem: I can not resize >the xterms, resize complains about " can't open terminal /dev/tty ", I >checked the /dev/tty**, they were not owned by me. I tried, but did not >succeed in fixing it. > > Any hints, or pointers from experts will be greatly appreciated, > > >Ling I believe that Xterm has to be owned by root and have the set UID bit set. Do the following as root: chown root xterm chmod u+s xterm This should fix the problem with /dev/tty. Stephan
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!decwrl!zazen!news From: sjansen@vms.macc.wisc.edu Subject: Re: Ultrix 4.3, and xterm Message-ID: <1992Oct28.184341.29209@macc.wisc.edu> Sender: news@macc.wisc.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center Date: 28 OCT 92 12:40:23 Lines: 26