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Description of problem: The new xterm with upgrade 5 of WS4 set the permissions of the tty in a wrong way. Everytime I open a new terminal I get the message: mesg: error: tty device is not owned by group `tty' In fact the tty is owned by my native group. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): The bug is in xterm-192-7.el4 The version xterm-192-4.EL4 is error free Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install xterm-192-7.el4 2. Start a xterm 3. Optional "ls -l `tty`" Actual results: The message "mesg: error: tty device is not owned by group `tty'" and wrong rights of `tty` Expected results: a tty with the group rights tty Additional info: This bug was also on Debian/GNU Linux more than one year ago. The bug is still on state "pending" but should be closed as the problem is gone (also long time ago): http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924
Unfortunately a change in build environment caused a wrong group to be used as tty group.
This bugzilla has Keywords: Regression. Since no regressions are allowed between releases, it is also being proposed as a blocker for this release. Please resolve ASAP.
Does the RPM use "--with-tty-group"? I thought that would address this area.
The option fixes the problem, but it was introduced in a later version than the version packaged in RHEL4.
*** Bug 247429 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0701.html