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[2012-11-22 20:32] Roger Leigh <[email protected]> > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:16:01AM +0100, Jan Sievers wrote: > > The mentioned difference still exists. > > In the current version (2.88dsf-34), /etc/default/default/devpts > defaults to 0620. /etc/login.defs is setting TTYPERM 0600. > The devpts setting appears to be taking precedence; not sure why > since this is just a mount option for devpts, while the TTYPERM > should take effect at login time. Might be worth asking the > login maintainer or seeing why it's not being used. > > > While most people probably don't care about bsd-write and Co., an > > administrator of a multiuser machine should. > > > > Since it has become quite uncommon to use these programs, a default of > > > > TTYMODE=0600 > > > > would result in one thing less to think about. Okay. I do not have strong opinion on this matter, but if /etc/login.defs recommends 0600, lets change to 0600. Anyone around who is going to be disappointed? -- Note, that I send and fetch email in batch, once in a few days. Please, mention in body of your reply when you add or remove recepients.
