Bug#705056: /etc/default/devpts instructions to set "mesg n" by default don't work
control: tags -1 +moreinfo +unreproducible
[2013-04-09 17:13] Jakub Wilk
> Package: initscripts,libc6
>
> /etc/default/devpts reads:
> # Set to 600 to have `mesg n' be the default
> TTYMODE=620
>
> But this doesn't really work. Even if you mount /dev/pts with mode=600,
> your pty devices will end up with 620 permissions. This is because
> well-behaved software calls grantpt(), which changes the device
> permissions.
>
> Either grantpt() should be fixed not to touch permissions if /dev/pts is
> a devpts fs (as it did in the past[0]) or initscripts should be fixed
> not to claim you can have "mesg n" by default.
I just tried this -- remounted /dev/pts with mode=600 and started
dvtm(1) and stterm(1). This resulted in /dev/pts/{0,1} with $USER:tty,
600. So to be `TTYMODE' seems to work.
Did I miss something?
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Bug#705056: /etc/default/devpts instructions to set "mesg n" by default don't work
Package: initscripts,libc6 /etc/default/devpts reads: # Set to 600 to have `mesg n' be the default TTYMODE=620 But this doesn't really work. Even if you mount /dev/pts with mode=600, your pty devices will end up with 620 permissions. This is because well-behaved software calls grantpt(), which changes the device permissions. Either grantpt() should be fixed not to touch permissions if /dev/pts is a devpts fs (as it did in the past[0]) or initscripts should be fixed not to claim you can have "mesg n" by default. [0] http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=292e3abebff9f94ca47c1a725a691cb6ed6cff5f -- Jakub Wilk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
