From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 21 0: 6:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3037E37B401 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 00:06:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-21.mail.nl.demon.net (post-21.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 831C043E6E for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 00:06:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-21.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18EmLf-000C0H-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:06:07 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 2286D5107 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:06:07 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 487901FFC for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:05:57 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 541DB225F4; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:05:57 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:05:57 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD List Subject: Complaints on X startup about knonsole_grantpty Message-ID: <20021121080557.GA2674@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Having brought my X-Installation completely up to date (or so I think) to X 3... I know see this in the X messages... konsole: chownpty failed for device /dev/ptyp2::/dev/ttyp2. : This means the session can be eavesdroped. : Make sure konsole_grantpty is installed in : /usr/local/bin/ and setuid root. "whereis" reveals konsole_grantpty: /usr/local/bin/konsole_grantpty "ls" reveals -rwsr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5380 Nov 19 02:09 /usr/local/bin/konsole_grantpty And "echo $PATH" reveals PATH is /local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/home/cls/bin:.:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games "ls" also reveals crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 6, 2 Nov 21 07:33 /dev/ptyp2 ^^ crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 2 Nov 21 09:03 /dev/ttyp2 ^^ Clues ? Thu Nov 21 09:05:14 CET 2002 -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message