On Dec 20 21:45, Takashi Yano wrote: > Previously, the console device could not be accessed from other terminals. > Due to this limitation, GNU screen and tmux cannot be opened in console. > With this patch, console device can be accessed from other TTYs, such as > other consoles or ptys. Thanks to this patch, screen and tmux get working > in console. > > Signed-off-by: Takashi Yano <[email protected]> > --- > winsup/cygwin/devices.cc | 24 +- > winsup/cygwin/devices.in | 24 +- > winsup/cygwin/fhandler/console.cc | 438 +++++++++++++++++------- > winsup/cygwin/fhandler/pty.cc | 4 +- > winsup/cygwin/local_includes/fhandler.h | 26 +- > winsup/cygwin/local_includes/winsup.h | 1 - > winsup/cygwin/select.cc | 2 + > 7 files changed, 382 insertions(+), 137 deletions(-)
I just toyed around with screen and this looks really great. Just one question: What about security? If we now can share consoles, don't we need fchmod/fchown calls, too? Thanks, Corinna
