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From: C.Elvin@ee.surrey.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Suntools and /dev/tty* permissions
Keywords: Windows
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Date: 18 Jul 90 14:42:52 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 266, message 5

I have just noticed that when I use suntools to create a shell tool (or
any other tool) the pseudo-tty entry in /dev/tty?? is still owned by root
(and mode 666).  This means that I can not change the mode of the tty
(e.g. by biff mesg etc).  Using rlogin, the ownership is as expected.
should suntools be setuid or setgid? What can I do to correct this
behaviour?

Chris Elvin
C.Elvin@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK