On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:41:26PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > From: Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> > To: Jeffrey Sheinberg <j...@bsrd.net>, 611...@bugs.debian.org > Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:41:26 +0100 > User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) > Subject: Re: Bug#611487: xterm: immediately exits upon running: exec login > USER > > Hi Jeffrey. > > Jeffrey Sheinberg <j...@bsrd.net> (29/01/2011): > > With xterm Version: 261-1 installed, when I run this command, > > > > $ exec login USER > > > > the xterm immediately exits. This problem does not occur with prior > > versions of xterm installed, eg, Version: 235-2. > > > > Note that on my system, login is setuid root, thus enabling exec-ing > > login from the base level shell, on e.g., tty1, pts/2, to work. > > Trying that without exec: > | $ login USER > | No utmp entry. You must exec "login" from the lowest level "sh" > > Now, if you use ???exec???, you're replacing xterm by the login binary, > which returns (due to wrong usage), meaning your (previously-xterm) > process returns, which isn't exactly a bug in xterm. >
No - I am not replacing xterm with /bin/login, I am replacing the (lowest level) shell with /bin/login. In my original submission, I provided a typescript where xterm Version: 235-2 handles the exec of login without any problems. Do you see how user 'jeff' becomes user 'jss' in that typescript? > The same happens with e.g. xfce4-terminal, so I guess xterm isn't at > fault here. > > Please note that I tried with the same permission as yours on login: > | $ ls -l /bin/login > | -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 45384 Sep 26 15:59 /bin/login > > Looks like notabug to me, but I'll wait a bit before closing it. > This is a bug in xterm Version: 261-1 as I originally reported, please see my above comments. > KiBi. I would guess that this bug was introduced into xterm Version: 261-1 with the new "utempter" library. Thanks, -- Jeffrey Sheinberg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
