Re: group perms on /dev/pts/*
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
13 May 1999 16:06:33 GMT
Followup to: <373A2572.57071432@nwu.edu>
By author: Evan Van Dyke <e-van@nwu.edu>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Since 2.2.7 I've been seeing some wierd FOO with /dev/pts/*.
> I use screen, which requires +rwx permissions on /dev/pts/1,
> or which ever terminal it is currently on... however, the group
> permissions appear to now be set, by default, to _just_ +w.
> Yes, I am in group tty.... I can fix the problem by manually
> sudo chmod g+rwx /dev/pts/*
> but it's annoying... does anyone know if this is a bug? a
> feature? an automated workaround? Thanks in advance.
>
What mount options do you use?
-hpa
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