>Paul Szabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> The privileged (setuid root) command ptyfix is used from within executables
>> that use the openpty() call. An example is xterm: with this helper, xterm
>> itself does not need to be setuid.
>
>The correct fix is to implement SysV-style PTYs. I think they are
>required by SuSv2 as well. Only some BSD systems do not provide this
>kind of PTYs, almost all other flavors do.
>
>> Currently ptyfix works only on Compaq Tru64 UNIX (DEC OSF/1) machines.
>
>The helper application is not required, you should open /dev/ptmx or
>/dev/ptmx_bsd and use grantpt() and unlockpt(). (The True64 5.1
>manpage suggests that openpty() already uses SysV PTYs, but that's not
>mentioned in earlier versions, such as DIGITAL UNIX 4.0D.)
Of The SysV style-ptys do generally use a helper applications.
(Typically, it's /usr/lib/pt_chmod)
Casper
