Bug 55447

Summary:	login does not set the controlling tty for the shell
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <michael>
Component:	util-linux	Assignee:	Elliot Lee <sopwith>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Description Need Real Name 2001-10-31 13:43:50 UTC

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Description of problem:
Shells started by login do not have a controlling tty
(ie, open of /dev/tty fails in the shell).
Problem introduced in  util-linux-2.11f-11.7.1 (not
present in util-linux-2.10s-13.7).

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.install pdksh (or ash) rpm
2.set your shell to ksh (or ash)
3.log in on one of the virtual consoles
4. cat /dev/tty
	

Actual Results:  cat failed saying no such device or address

Expected Results:  cat should have been able to open the device.

Additional info:

Guess at the cause: One of the patches in the latest util-linux package
(util-linux-2.11f-logingrp-revert.patch) removes code
which drops the previous controlling tty just before opening
the new tty, with the result that the open does not cause the
new tty to become the controlling tty.

Comment 1 Elliot Lee 2001-10-31 15:06:48 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 54960 ***

Comment 2 Need Real Name 2001-10-31 23:32:05 UTC

Both bugs 54960 and this one, 55447, are marked as closed/duplicate - is
there a fix or has it fallen through a crack?

Comment 3 Elliot Lee 2001-10-31 23:37:01 UTC

There's a fix in rawhide (util-linux-2.11f-15).