Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 19:04:25 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: utmp changes Message-ID: <199701070204.TAA13443@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970103203948.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Jan 3, 97 08:39:48 pm
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> X11 should also move towards using the openpty(3)/forkpty(3) > interface. If it had done this earlier, the previous vulnerability > where xterm didn't revoke(2) its pty first would not have existed. > Also, if we later decide to provide a better pty allocation scheme > (something like a pty master device), we only have to upgrade libutil > accordingly. Yes. I, for one, would like to see a cloning pty device via devfs. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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