Hmm. Would you like an account on the system in question? On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> [Herbert - did you mean to send this to control? Or did you BCC it?] > > I can't reproduce this on a current potato PowerPC system, with the > same telnetd. What kernel/libc6 are involved? > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 01:20:55PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > > reassign 60984 libc6 > > quit > > > > It looks like openpty on PowerPC's don't work as a normal user, even when > > devpts is present. > > -- > > Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 is out! ( http://www.debian.org/ ) > > Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ > > PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt > > > Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:18:08 -0600 (CST) > > From: Caspian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Bug#60984: (no subject) > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Reply-To: Caspian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Package: telnetd > > Version: 0.16-3 > > > > On Debian/PowerPC (I'm running on a PowerMac), I can RSH into the box > > (here named "wozniak") just fine, but when I try to telnet in, I get: > > > > murphy:~# telnet wozniak > > Trying 10.0.4.16... > > Connected to wozniak.greatfox.net. > > Escape character is '^]'. > > telnetd: getpty: Permission denied > > . > > Connection closed by foreign host. > > murphy:~# > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > HOWEVER... if I set /usr/sbin/in.telnetd setuid root, it works. Since > > in.telnetd is NOT setuid root on my x86 Debian boxen, I'm curious as to > > why I must set it setuid on the PPC... > > > > --Caspian > > > > -- > > NOTE: All content in this e-mail originating in me (or, put another way, > > anything that is not a quote or close paraphrase of someone else) > > is, unless SPECIFICALLY stated otherwise, to be considered free > > information under the GPL. Please read > > http://caspian.twu.net/gpl.html. > > -- > > = Jon "Caspian" Blank, right-brained computer programmer at large = > > .--------------------------------------------------------------------. > > | Proud supporter of the GNU/free software philosophy -- www.fsf.org | > > | WANTED: Writers who share the GNU philosophy. www.forsmarties.net. | > > | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | > > | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://caspian.twu.net | > > | Send a short message to my cell phone: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > `--------------------------------------------------------------------' > > > > Dan > > /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ > | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | > | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/ > -- NOTE: All content in this e-mail originating in me (or, put another way, anything that is not a quote or close paraphrase of someone else) is, unless SPECIFICALLY stated otherwise, to be considered free information under the GPL. Please read http://caspian.twu.net/gpl.html. -- = Jon "Caspian" Blank, right-brained computer programmer at large = .--------------------------------------------------------------------. | Proud supporter of the GNU/free software philosophy -- www.fsf.org | | WANTED: Writers who share the GNU philosophy. www.forsmarties.net. | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://caspian.twu.net | | Send a short message to my cell phone: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | `--------------------------------------------------------------------'
