Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:31:34 +0930 | From | David Newall <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.25.3: su gets stuck for root |
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Alan Cox wrote: > Not really. The task would get suspended if it attempted to change the > tty settings while not being session leader. This is part of the POSIX > and BSD job control.
I haven't heard about this new restriction, but it begs the observation that stty, when forked from a shell (the usual case), is never a session leader.
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