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Date:      Mon, 6 Jan 1997 19:04:25 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: utmp changes
Message-ID:  <199701070204.TAA13443@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970103203948.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Jan 3, 97 08:39:48 pm

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> X11 should also move towards using the openpty(3)/forkpty(3)
> interface.  If it had done this earlier, the previous vulnerability
> where xterm didn't revoke(2) its pty first would not have existed.
> Also, if we later decide to provide a better pty allocation scheme
> (something like a pty master device), we only have to upgrade libutil
> accordingly.

Yes.

I, for one, would like to see a cloning pty device via devfs.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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