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Article #124Re: Problem with Pseudo-Terminals on SGI Indigo...
From: Vernon Schryver
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 23:57
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 23:57
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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
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!sgigate!sgi!rhyolite!vjs 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 Lines: 22