On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 22:59:01 +0000, Mick wrote: > > /dev/pts is root:root here. The files within it are user:tty, but they > > are neither group readable nor writeable, so the group ownership is > > possibly not that relevant. > > Hmm ... > > They are writeable here (with 1 urxvt running): > > /dev/pts: > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 2 22:27 . > drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 3960 Jan 2 22:28 .. > crw--w---- 1 michael tty 136, 0 Jan 2 22:36 0 > crw--w---- 1 michael tty 136, 1 Jan 2 22:51 1 > > and with without the writeable bit for group when I also fire a konsole: > > $ ls -la /dev/pts > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 2 22:27 . > drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 3960 Jan 2 22:28 .. > crw--w---- 1 michael tty 136, 0 Jan 2 22:36 0 > crw--w---- 1 michael tty 136, 1 Jan 2 22:52 1 > crw------- 1 michael tty 136, 2 Jan 2 22:55 2 > > So, the konsole seems to run with more restrictions than urxvt?
Yes. It was the Konsole ptys I was referring to. -- Neil Bothwick Old hitchhikers never die-they just throw in the towel.
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