Re: top in newer kernels

Steve Payne (srp20@cam.ac.uk)
Sun, 25 Feb 1996 12:45:42 +0000 (GMT)


> > Hi Stephen,
> >
> > What are your permissions for /dev/tty? Mine are 666. The message you
> > mention is output when top can't open /dev/tty with O_RDONLY...
> >
> Yeah, that was it. Is this a _secure_ fix though? It now means I can pipe
> things to anyone's tty from anywhere :(
>
Oops, scratch that; I was talking rolex.

srp

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