Date: 15 Nov 2001 01:04:14 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: cperciva@sfu.ca Cc: Brian Behlendorf <brian@hyperreal.org>, <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: login: chmod(/dev/tty??): No such file or directory Message-ID: <xzppu6kaoht.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.1.20011114234332.00aefb90@popserver.sfu.ca> References: <5.0.2.1.1.20011114234332.00aefb90@popserver.sfu.ca>
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Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> writes: > At 15:42 14/11/2001 -0800, Brian Behlendorf wrote: > >Saw this in last night's logs: > > > >Nov 13 15:56:13 taz3 login: chmod(/dev/tty??): No such file or directory > >Nov 13 15:56:13 taz3 login: chmod(/dev/tty??): No such file or directory > > > >... anyone else seen this kind of thing? > This happens if login is run without being bound to a pty; the most > common example of this is using scp to a machine which has 'UseLogin > yes' set in sshd_config. This is clearly a bug in login(8) (albeit a minor one). Brian, could you please file a PR about this and notify me when you get the PR number back from GNATS? DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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