Date: 27 May 1998 08:28:19 -0500 From: sfarrell@farrell.org To: laszlo vagner <vagner@mutsgo.kf7nn.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: operation not permitted Message-ID: <87solvq1vw.fsf@couatl.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: laszlo vagner's message of "Tue, 26 May 1998 23:59:13 -0500 (CDT)" References: <199805270459.XAA19791@mutsgo.kf7nn.com>
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laszlo vagner <vagner@mutsgo.kf7nn.com> writes: > when i su to vagner i get this message but it still lets me do it. > > /home/kf7nn >su vagner > Password: > mesg: /dev/ttyp0: Operation not permitted > /home/kf7nn >whoami > vagner > /home/kf7nn > > > what could be wrong? Nothing important. vagner is running something like mesg on in his .cshrc/.bashrc/whatever. when you su to the person you can't do that. I"m not sure why (I'm guessing some security fix), but it's not very important. -- Steve Farrell To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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