>>>>> "J" == Joe Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
J> I was trying to use gpg and got this error:
J> ~ {138}% gpg --gen-key
J> gpg (GnuPG) 1.0.1; Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
J> This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
J> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
J> under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.
J> gpg: cannot open /dev/tty: Permission denied
J> The error occurs from either an xterm or a virtual term. It looks
J> like the program is trying to open /dev/tty rather than /dev/ttyX
J> (e.g., /dev/tty2) -- I don't know why?
/dev/tty is a psuedo-tty that is always the current tty (whether a
real one, a serial port, or a pty). You need read and write access to it.
% ls -l /dev/tty
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 5, 0 Dec 31 1969 /dev/tty
%
on my system. (the odd date is because I am running with devfs patch).
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