[Herbert - did you mean to send this to control? Or did you BCC it?] I can't reproduce this on a current potato PowerPC system, with the same telnetd. What kernel/libc6 are involved?
On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 01:20:55PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > reassign 60984 libc6 > quit > > It looks like openpty on PowerPC's don't work as a normal user, even when > devpts is present. > -- > Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 is out! ( http://www.debian.org/ ) > Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ > PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt > Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:18:08 -0600 (CST) > From: Caspian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Bug#60984: (no subject) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: Caspian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Package: telnetd > Version: 0.16-3 > > On Debian/PowerPC (I'm running on a PowerMac), I can RSH into the box > (here named "wozniak") just fine, but when I try to telnet in, I get: > > murphy:~# telnet wozniak > Trying 10.0.4.16... > Connected to wozniak.greatfox.net. > Escape character is '^]'. > telnetd: getpty: Permission denied > . > Connection closed by foreign host. > murphy:~# > > ------------------------------------------------ > > HOWEVER... if I set /usr/sbin/in.telnetd setuid root, it works. Since > in.telnetd is NOT setuid root on my x86 Debian boxen, I'm curious as to > why I must set it setuid on the PPC... > > --Caspian > > -- > NOTE: All content in this e-mail originating in me (or, put another way, > anything that is not a quote or close paraphrase of someone else) > is, unless SPECIFICALLY stated otherwise, to be considered free > information under the GPL. Please read http://caspian.twu.net/gpl.html. > -- > = Jon "Caspian" Blank, right-brained computer programmer at large = > .--------------------------------------------------------------------. > | Proud supporter of the GNU/free software philosophy -- www.fsf.org | > | WANTED: Writers who share the GNU philosophy. www.forsmarties.net. | > | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | > | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://caspian.twu.net | > | Send a short message to my cell phone: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > `--------------------------------------------------------------------' Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
