So don't fix it because nobody there fixes anything, I changed the
perms myself and made it work, would be good if it worked out of the box.
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2025, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 04:17:20 -0000
> From: Launchpad Bug Tracker <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Bug 2064685] Re: write says write: effective gid does not match
> group of /dev/pts/5
>
> [Expired for util-linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for
> 60 days.]
>
> ** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
> Status: Incomplete => Expired
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> Title:
> write says write: effective gid does not match group of /dev/pts/5
>
> Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu:
> Expired
>
> Bug description:
> I am logged in as 'nanook', I am in the tty group:
> id
> uid=2000(nanook) gid=1000(shell)
> groups=1000(shell),4(adm),5(tty),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),118(lpadmin),128(sambashare),135(lxd)
> Yet when I say,
> write nanook
> I get
> write: effective gid does not match group of /dev/pts/5
> ls -l /dev/pts/5
> crw--w---- 1 nanook tty 136, 5 May 2 18:51 /dev/pts/5
> So something is wrong. And since it seems to involve permissions there may
> be security issues.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
> Package: util-linux 2.37.2-4ubuntu3.4
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-102.112-generic 5.15.148
> Uname: Linux 5.15.0-102-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
> CurrentDesktop: MATE
> Date: Thu May 2 18:47:55 2024
> SourcePackage: util-linux
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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