Bug#703592: closed by Ben Hutchings (Re: Bug#703592: /dev/console vs. mesg(1) in recovery mode)

2013-03-21 Thread jidanni
B> You booted in single user mode. What would be the point of letting B> other users write to your terminal? Besides which /dev/console had damn B> well better be trustworthy. The point is that single user mode comes before the ttys are fully set up! It should come after! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Bug#703592: /dev/console vs. mesg(1) in recovery mode

2013-03-21 Thread jidanni
Package: src:linux Version: 3.2.39-2 Severity: minor At boot choose recovery mode, 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-4-486 (recovery mode)' Type the root password, then in the shell that appears, type # mesg y This will cause mesg: error: tty device is not owned by group `tty' Note I did this