Processed: Re: Bug#705056: /etc/default/devpts instructions to set "mesg n" by default don't work

Processing control commands: > tags -1 +moreinfo +unreproducible Bug #705056 [initscripts,libc6] /etc/default/devpts instructions to set "mesg n" by default don't work Added tag(s) moreinfo. Bug #705056 [initscripts,libc6] /etc/default/devpts instructions to set "mesg n" by default don't work Ad

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

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