Bug 55447 – login does not set the controlling tty for the shell

Bug 55447 - login does not set the controlling tty for the shell

Summary:	login does not set the controlling tty for the shell

Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 54960

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	util-linux (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i686 Linux

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Assigned To:	Elliot Lee
QA Contact:	Ben Levenson
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Reported:	2001-10-31 08:43 EST by Need Real Name
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2001-10-31 08:43:55 EST
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Description Need Real Name 2001-10-31 08:43:50 EST

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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 10:06:48 EST


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

Comment 2 Need Real Name 2001-10-31 18:32:05 EST

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 18:37:01 EST

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

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