devfs bug?

2000-10-12 Thread Lukas Hejtmanek
Hi there, as of devfs and devfsd Xterm seems to need suid bit set so that chown of /dev/pts/{pts number} can be done. devpts fs does not need it. So it is buggy devfs/devfsd or it is a feature? The first allocation of pts number has good ownership but if it is freed and another allocation is

devfs bug?

2000-10-12 Thread Lukas Hejtmanek
Hi there, as of devfs and devfsd Xterm seems to need suid bit set so that chown of /dev/pts/{pts number} can be done. devpts fs does not need it. So it is buggy devfs/devfsd or it is a feature? The first allocation of pts number has good ownership but if it is freed and another allocation is