From: alfie@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Nick Holloway) Subject: Re: /dev file ownerships bug Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 09:59:23 GMT
In <1993May7.093745.5780@aminet.uucp> barrett@aminet.uucp (Keith Barrett) writes:
> I noticed that when a user logs into a VC, the file and group ownership
> of the applicable /dev/tty device changes to match the user.
I believe the group should remain as 'tty'. This means that when you
do a 'mesg y' turns the group write bit on, setgid tty programs (such as
"write") can contact you. What you don't want is everybody that happens
to be in the same group as you being able to cat stuff to your terminal.
At least "write" will stick a header on it.