From kde-devel  Wed Feb 28 19:31:32 2001
From: nbecker () fred ! net
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 19:31:32 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: konsole_grantpty not installed root-suid
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=98338883809132

>>>>> "Bernhard" == Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero@redhat.de> writes:

    Bernhard> On 28 Feb 2001 nbecker@fred.net wrote:
    >> kde-2.1 RH7.0 SRPMS:
    >> 
    >> konsole_grantpty not installed root-suid

    Bernhard> And it shouldn't be. suid on konsole_grantpty isn't needed with glibc >=
    Bernhard> 2.1.

OK, but why do I see a complaint in ~/.xsession-errors:

konsole_grantpty not installed root-suid
konsole: chownpty failed for device ::/dev/pts/2.
       : This means the session can be eavesdroped.
       : Make sure konsole_grantpty is installed in
       : /usr/bin/ and setuid root.
 
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