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Re: a utmp/wtmp question



Previously 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.

It so happens a proposal on this has been accepted and the next version
of the policy will tell you exactly how to do this :). 

Wichert.

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