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Package: xterm
Version: 261-1
Severity: normal
Hi,
First of all, please note that I currently have xterm Version: 235-2
installed.
With xterm Version: 261-1 installed, when I run this command,
$ exec login USER
the xterm immediately exits. This problem does not occur with prior
versions of xterm installed, eg, Version: 235-2.
Note that on my system, login is setuid root, thus enabling exec-ing
login from the base level shell, on e.g., tty1, pts/2, to work.
$ ls -l /bin/login
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 36896 Sep 25 18:05 /bin/login
Here is a typescript of the correct xterm behavior using Version: 235-2.
$ id
uid=1001(jeff) gid=1001(jeff)
groups=1001(jeff),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),201(xlocal)
$ exec login jss
Password:
Last login: Sat Jan 22 16:57:50 EST 2011 on pts/6
Linux l2 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Jan 12 05:14:59 UTC 2011 x86_64
The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
You have mail.
$ id
uid=1002(jss) gid=1002(jss) groups=1002(jss),4(adm),29(audio),201(xlocal)
$ who
jeff tty1 Jan 29 16:11
jeff pts/1 Jan 29 16:13 (:0.0)
jeff pts/0 Jan 29 16:13 (:0.0)
jsroot pts/2 Jan 29 16:13 (:0.0)
jss pts/3 Jan 29 16:28 (:0.0)
jsroot pts/4 Jan 29 16:13 (:0.0)
jeff pts/5 Jan 29 16:16 (:0.0)
Thanks,
Jeffrey Sheinberg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.11.2-9 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2.1 generic font configuration library
ii libice6 2:1.0.6-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-5 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsm6 2:1.1.1-1 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-4 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.7-1 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxext6 2:1.1.2-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxft2 2.1.14-2 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxmu6 2:1.0.5-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.7-1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii xbitmaps 1.1.0-1 Base X bitmaps
Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii x11-utils 7.5+4 X11 utilities
ii xutils 1:7.5+8 X Window System utility programs m
Versions of packages xterm suggests:
pn xfonts-cyrillic <none> (no description available)
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see discussion: not a bug in xterm
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Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
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