On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 06:19:19PM -0400, Brian Mays wrote: > With the release of a new version of rxvt that uses the unix98 ptys, > rxvt no longer needs to be setuid root. It can instead be made setgid > tty if the utmp/wtmp files are owned by the tty group and made group > writable. > > How should this be handled? Currently on my system (running the > unstable distribution), the utmp/wtmp files are owned by root.root and > are mode 644. What should be done to correct this? Should rxvt's > postinst script offer to change the modes of these files or should that > be done elsewhere by another package? sgid utmp when base-passwd gets updated. Should happen soon. -- Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBE The Source Comes First! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- <Culus> Ben: Do you solumly swear to read you debian email once a day and do not permit people to think you are MIA? <Ben> Culus: i do so swear
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