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8946.0. "V4.0A C2 and ttys permission problem?" by GIDDAY::HAGAN () Mon Feb 24 1997 23:42

    Hi,
    D.U. V4.0A.
    I'm trying to add an X display to the C2 terminal database thru
    dxdevices. 
    After I enter the X display name, device name and click OK or apply
    in the "Add X Display" dialog box I get the following error popup:-
    
    		Cannot update the terminal protected
    		database entry. Check the permissions
    		on the file (/etc/auth/system/ttys).
    		The devices database has been updated
    		but the terminal database has not.
    		This inconsistency must be corrected
    		manually as soon as possible.
    
    
    # ls -lg /etc/auth/system/ttys*
    -rw-rw-r--   1 auth     auth        1273 Aug 20  1996 /etc/auth/system/ttys
    -rw-rw-r--   1 auth     auth       16384 Feb 25 15:01 /etc/auth/system/ttys.db
    
    I discovered that the device did make it to the devassign.db but not
    the ttys.db.
    
    I tried rebuilding the ttys.db with convauth and rebooted but this
    error still appears.
    
    Any Ideas?
    
    Tks,
    Steve Hagan
    CSC Sydney.
                                  

Try using edauth to create the ttys entry, e.g.:
    # echo \
    >	'\:0|\:0.0:t_devname=\:0:t_login_timeout#0:t_xdisplay:chkent:' \
    >	/tcb/bin/edauth -s -dt


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