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Date:      Sun, 14 Dec 1997 19:26:16 GMT
From:      rhh@ct.picker.com
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        rhh@ct.picker.com
Subject:   bin/5296: slattach fails creating pidfile with ioctl(TIOCSCTTY): Operation not permitted
Message-ID:  <199712141926.TAA16235@stealth.ct.picker.com>
Resent-Message-ID: <199712150030.QAA26779@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         5296
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       slattach fails creating pidfile with ioctl(TIOCSCTTY): Operation not permitted
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Dec 14 16:30:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Randall Hopper
>Organization:
self
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-971208-SNAP i386
>Environment:

	Straight 3.0-971208 installation with stock slattach.

>Description:

	If I run my SLIP script (which invokes slattach) from inside an
	xterm, it works fine (doesn't log errors in /var/log/messages, 
	and does correctly create the var/run/slattach.cuaa1.pid pidfile.

	However, if I run my SLIP script from my window manager menus
	(i.e. not inside a vtty), then slattach logs the following error
        in /var/log/messages:

             slattach[15882]: ioctl(TIOCSCTTY): Operation not permitted

        and does not create a /var/run pidfile.

	3.0-current slattach otherwise appears to work; it just doesn't 
	create the pidfile that I use in other scripts & cron jobs.
 
>How-To-Repeat:

	Here is a clip from my "slip-on" script that shows how I invoke
        slattach (error checking removed for simplicity):

             #!/bin/sh
	     ...
	     exec 0< /dev/cuaa1
	     exec 1> /dev/cuaa1
	     chat TIMEOUT 2 "" AT OK AT OK
             chat "" "$INITSTRING" "OK" "AT$DIALSTRING" ...<request slip cmds>
             slattach -h -c -s 57600 /dev/cuaa1 > /dev/null 2>&1 &


>Fix:
	
	Not known.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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