Bug 6100 - RH6.1 screen uses non UNIX98 ptys with DANGEROUS permissions
Summary: RH6.1 screen uses non UNIX98 ptys with DANGEROUS permissions
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
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Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: screen   
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Version: 6.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Bill Nottingham
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Reported: 1999-10-19 21:23 UTC by Chris Evans
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-10-21 19:57:17 UTC
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Description Chris Evans 1999-10-19 21:23:23 UTC 
I have a full RH6.1 install.
As a user I run "screen".
I notice I get allocated "/dev/ttya0", and the permissions
are -rw-rw-rw-, owned by root. This is very dangerous! It
looks like screen has failed to use /dev/pts/0 (UNIX98 pty
support).
xterm and rxvt handle pty's correctly, screen should mimic
their behaviour.

PS. I like screen's usage of user-private .screen
directories, much better.
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-21 19:57:59 UTC 
Fixed in screen-3.9.4-3, in the errata.

(As an aside, using the user private .screen directories, while
more secure, breaks on Linux<->non-Linux NFS. :( )
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