Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:03:10 -0700 (PDT) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: Strange behaviour of devfs wrt /dev/tty |
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I get this without devfs.
On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:
> Roderich Schupp writes: > > I noticed the following strange behaviour with devfs (patch-v27, > > kernel 2.1.98). If some program opens /dev/tty (e.g. "cat < /dev/tty") > > /dev/tty suddenly changes owner/group (to the uid/gid of the > > program opening the device) and permissions (600). The problem is: > > all other processes on the system see the _same_ permissions > > of /dev/tty. Shouldn't that be visible only to the processes with > > the same controlling terminal? > > In fact, the ownership/permissions shouldn't be changed at all for > /dev/tty, since it is a pseudo-private device anyway (locking it away > from other users through permissions doesn't make sense, since it is > already locked away). > I've fixed it so that uid/gid = 0/0 and mode = crw-rw-rw-. This fix > will be in devfs-patch-v28. Watch the list for the announcement when > it comes. If you desperately need a fix now, let me know and I'll > produce one. > > Thanks for spotting this one. > > Regards, > > Richard.... > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu >
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As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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