On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 11:15:54 +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > Package: xterm > Version: 222-1etch2 > Severity: normal > > I have no clue why this happens again since xterm isn't updated for long > time. > Weird.
> When I start xterm I get: > mesg: error: tty device is not owned by group `tty' > > ~> ls -l `tty` > crw--w---- 1 klaus utmp 136, 10 2007-11-25 11:11 /dev/pts/10 > > If I chgrp of /usr/bin/xterm to tty it works well. > > Is there any reason the xterm binary is group utmp? And then why is this > long fixed bug opened again? > Yes, xterm is setgid utmp on purpose. That shouldn't affect the tty device's permissions AFAIK. > ~> md5sum /usr/bin/xterm > 3ebc5ce7ac8c87d64a17cf086987ce25 /usr/bin/xterm > ~> sha1sum /usr/bin/xterm > c328e8f61000c326e05e230164c27cd944c8c97f /usr/bin/xterm > ~> ls -l /usr/bin/xterm > -rwxr-sr-x 1 root utmp 298020 2007-01-10 17:35 /usr/bin/xterm > I'll try to investigate that on an etch box next week. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]