Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 01:20:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris England <cengland@obscurity.org> To: matt <matt@Mlink.NET> Cc: notme <notme@lvdi.net>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: running program over telnet Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.990517011441.29687C-100000@divine> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905170352340.16652-100000@ns-1.ccia.cc>
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On Mon, 17 May 1999, matt wrote: > On Mon, 17 May 1999, Chris England wrote: > > [...] > > : screen will do this if the system is running it. If not, you can install > : it yourself. I don't think it _needs_ suid root privledges for your > : intent. > > AFAIK, screen is only SUID root so it can handle /tmp properly. it keeps > /tmp/screens chmod 755, then makes chmod 700 subdirs chowned to the user > that's running screen. You prolly will have to screw with the code a bit > so that screen doesn't try to use /tmp if you are installing it in your > home dir. > * $Id: config.h.in,v 1.12 1994/05/31 12:31:36 mlschroe Exp $ FAU (latest config.h) # define SOCKDIR "/tmp/screens" (line 63 I think) It's defined there, as well as a few other things that could use tweaking, but its relatively easy. cheers, -Chris England To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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