Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 22:21:17 -0700 From: "Thomas Park" <tpark@drivespeed.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: /dev/tty keeps changing permissions..? Message-ID: <000901c32d7d$ca53b030$11640a0a@titanium>
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Hello, I've been having an interesting problem with my FreeBSD 5.0 install - for whatever reason, the permissions and ownership on /dev/tty keep on being automatically changed in such a way that it becomes impossible for most users of the system to initiate outbound SSH sessions. I'm not sure what causes this, but after a few days of running, I'll notice that the system has set up /dev/tty thusly: crw--w---- 1 tpark tty 5, 1 Jun 7 22:02 /dev/tty Which, of course, means that any user not myself or in group "tty" will have problems. On my previous FreeBSD 4.6 install, /dev/tty was owned by "root:wheel" and had permissions 0666 set. I tried setting /dev/tty to this configuration on the new system, which makes ssh and other tools work fine. The catch: I found that the system will randomly revert /dev/tty to the oddball individual user ownership and mode 0620 - I haven't been able to figure out what causes this or when this happens. If anybody has any advice on how to prevent the system from doing this, I would be much relieved! Thanks, thomas park ..................................... Thomas Park | driveSPEED Designs, LLC e: tpark@drivespeed.com t: +1 415 292 8915
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