Bug 23446 - login chmods terminal to mode 0622 during authentication
Summary: login chmods terminal to mode 0622 during authentication
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: util-linux
Version: 6.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Erik Troan
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-01-05 22:03 UTC by Jarno Huuskonen
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:30 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2001-04-17 16:07:26 UTC
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Description Jarno Huuskonen 2001-01-05 22:03:27 UTC 
util-linux login sets the terminal to mode 0622 while authenticating the
user. At least during the authentication anybody can write to the terminal
and at least mess up the terminal settings. 

Also Solar Designer pointed out that if the login chown/chmod calls fail
the user is left with unsecure terminal.
Comment 1 Erik Troan 2001-04-17 16:07:22 UTC 
This is fine in seawolf.
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