Re: group perms on /dev/pts/*

Andreas Schwab (schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de)
21 May 1999 10:49:32 +0200


"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@tequila.cs.yale.edu> writes:

|> >>>>> "Dax" == Dax Kelson <dkelson@inconnect.com> writes:
|> > Edit your /etc/fstab, change the mode to "640" instead of "620"..ie..
|>
|> But the Documentation/Changes file suggests `620'.
|> Which is "the right one" ?

The right one is 620 (u=rw,g=w) if you want to default to "mesg y", or 600
(u=rw) for "mesg n" as the default. Only the owner should ever be able to
read the tty.

-- 
Andreas Schwab                                      "And now for something
schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de                      completely different"
schwab@gnu.org

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