Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

3486.0. "dxterm is not owner of /dev/ttyp*" by WPOPTH::ZAMBOTTI (It only works after you ask!) Thu Oct 18 1990 05:43

Hi,

I have just installed a new updated version of dxterm form node guru:: (where
all the patches live).

And now when ever a non-roor user starts a decterm window this error is
displayed in the window when it starts up :

/dev/ttyp2: Not owner
Thu Oct 18 16:16:49 GMT-0800 1990
module>

from then on things are all ok (so far), but I would like to get rid of this
error before delivering decstation to customer.

Using ds2100 ULTRIX 4.0 with mandatory upgrade and latest dxterm from guru::.

My /dev/tty* look like this :

crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,   0 Oct 18 16:02 /dev/ttyp0
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,   1 Oct 18 16:14 /dev/ttyp1
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,   2 Oct 18 16:16 /dev/ttyp2
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,   3 Oct 17 13:10 /dev/ttyp3
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,   4 Oct 17 13:10 /dev/ttyp4
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,   5 Oct 16 16:42 /dev/ttyp5
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,   6 Oct 16 16:42 /dev/ttyp6
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,   7 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyp7
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,   8 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyp8
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,   9 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyp9
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  10 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttypa
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  11 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttypb
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  12 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttypc
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  13 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttypd
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  14 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttype
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  15 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttypf
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  16 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyq0
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  17 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyq1
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  18 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyq2
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  19 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyq3
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  20 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyq4
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  21 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyq5
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  22 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyq6
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  23 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyq7
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  24 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyq8
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  25 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyq9
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  26 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyqa
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  27 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyqb
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  28 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyqc
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  29 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyqd
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  30 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyqe
crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,  31 Apr  5  1990 /dev/ttyqf

they look ok to me???


Any ideas,

Walter.

    Did you check that your new dxterm is setuid root?
    
-rwsr-xr-x  4 root      4423920 May 24 01:44 /usr/bin/dxterm
    
    
    Pekka
    
    

module> ls -l /usr/bin/dxterm
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root      4572456 Aug  3 07:47 /usr/bin/dxterm
module>

The above is output from my system.  Looks OK to me?

Anything I should check ?


Walter

Do a chmod u+s /usr/bin/dxterm.  It should be setuid root.