Package: splitvt
Version: 1.6.6-7
Severity: serious
The use of Splitvt on (not only) my i386 machine corrupts
the register kept in /var/run/utmp, since it false removes
the originally registered tty session.
The following experiment is made on the machine with only
a single virtual terminal
I can offer a solution to this severe cause of
compromised system integrity. The main problem
lies in the calls to remove_me() and replace_me(),
which in themselves are sufficient to corrupt
/var/run/utmp.
My suggestion is to abondon utmp completely,
where the clients of splitvt have no reason
to
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