Re: xterm: Error 14, errno 13: Permission denied
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 12:47:13PM -0400, Lee Bradshaw wrote: I've upgraded several systems from slink to potato using a mirror I made a few weeks ago. On some of the systems xterm works fine, but on others it generates the error message: xterm: Error 14, errno 13: Permission denied rxvt works fine and seems to have the same permissions as xterm: -rwxr-sr-x1 root utmp81616 Mar 18 12:40 /usr/X11R6/bin/rxvt-xterm* -rwxr-sr-x1 root utmp 161680 Mar 13 22:07 /usr/bin/X11/xterm* hmm just a wild guess but is /var/run/utmp and/or /var/log/wtmp writable by group utmp? I'm using xterm 3.3.6-6 which seems to be the latest available. I can't strace xterm, and I'm not sure what to look at without more information than I see in the error message. Anyone else have any ideas? you cannot strace a s[ug]id program, otherwise you could strace things like su and gain access to shadow passwords, among other nasty things (like run them through a debugger and make them start a shell instead) -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpTcVWVw1LQP.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: xterm: Error 14, errno 13: Permission denied
Unfortnately I deleted the email, but I believe Darren sent me a private email saying the permissions on /dev/tty were wrong. Anyway the permissions on /dev/tty were incorrect. On the non-working machines this device was owned by a user and was rw by him only. I changed the device to crw-rw-rw- root:tty and things are working correctly now. On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 12:47:13PM -0400, Lee Bradshaw wrote: I've upgraded several systems from slink to potato using a mirror I made a few weeks ago. On some of the systems xterm works fine, but on others it generates the error message: xterm: Error 14, errno 13: Permission denied rxvt works fine and seems to have the same permissions as xterm: -rwxr-sr-x1 root utmp81616 Mar 18 12:40 /usr/X11R6/bin/rxvt-xterm* -rwxr-sr-x1 root utmp 161680 Mar 13 22:07 /usr/bin/X11/xterm* I'm using xterm 3.3.6-6 which seems to be the latest available. I can't strace xterm, and I'm not sure what to look at without more information than I see in the error message. Anyone else have any ideas? -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xterm: Error 14, errno 13: Permission denied
I've upgraded several systems from slink to potato using a mirror I made a few weeks ago. On some of the systems xterm works fine, but on others it generates the error message: xterm: Error 14, errno 13: Permission denied rxvt works fine and seems to have the same permissions as xterm: -rwxr-sr-x1 root utmp81616 Mar 18 12:40 /usr/X11R6/bin/rxvt-xterm* -rwxr-sr-x1 root utmp 161680 Mar 13 22:07 /usr/bin/X11/xterm* I'm using xterm 3.3.6-6 which seems to be the latest available. I can't strace xterm, and I'm not sure what to look at without more information than I see in the error message. Anyone else have any ideas? -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
