This is actually the code responsible: @@ -686,12 +770,16 @@ static void open_tty(char *tty, struct termios *tp, struct options *op) log_err("%s: tcgetattr: %m", tty); /* - * Linux login(1) will change tty permissions. Use root owner and group - * with permission -rw------- for the period between getty and login. + * Detect if this is a virtual console or serial/modem line. + * In case of a virtual console the ioctl TIOCMGET fails and + * the error number will be set to EINVAL. */ - ignore_result(chown(tty, 0, 0)); - ignore_result(chmod(tty, 0600)); - errno = 0; + if (ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, TIOCMGET, &serial) < 0 && (errno = EINVAL)) { + op->flags |= F_VCONSOLE; + if (!op->term) + op->term = DEFAULT_VCTERM; + } else if (!op->term) + op->term = DEFAULT_STERM; setenv("TERM", op->term, 1); }
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