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From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
Subject: Re: Xterm cannot write log files
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References: <9104100652.AA06486@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> <1991Apr10.222541.14268@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <22173@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 91 06:41:52 GMT

In article <22173@shlump.nac.dec.com> lan_csse@netrix.nac.dec.com (CSSE LAN Test Account) writes:
>So I'd conclude that, unless I've missed something suble, setuid-root isn't 
>necessary for xterm, and setgid-system suffices, if all the appropriate 
>files are in the system group and are group writable.

Doesn't the -C option, which redirects console output to the xterm window,
use an ioctl that requires root access?

Also, does xterm need to chown() the tty device special file to the user?
Or does the tty driver do this automatically when the process opens it?
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