> I just wanted to pass this along... I was having problems with screen > a couple months ago. I would get an error saying "chown tty: No such > file or directory" and then it would fail (see > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-06/msg00222.html). > > Paul Hebble was kind enough to write me off-list with a fix. After > applying the patch that comes with the source package, I made the > following simple change to config.h: > > #define PTYROFS > > These comments come from config.h: > > * Note, screen is unable to change mode or group of the pty if it > * is not installed with sufficient privilege. (e.g. set-uid-root) > * define PTYROFS if the /dev/pty devices are mounted on a read-only > * filesystem so screen should not even attempt to set mode or group > * even if running as root (e.g. on TiVo). > > This solved my problem. Now I'm curious why some see this problem but > others don't. Some sort of privilege issue that is setup dependent? > > Anyway, I hope the package maintainer will find this useful.
Thanks Jeff, for posting the solution. I'll look at that when I can to figure out whether it should be enabled by default. I don't know much about ptys though - maybe someone who knows more could comment? Andrew. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
