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Re: (WARNING) xfree86 3.3.2.3a-2 (source all i386) uploaded to master



>>>>> "Branden" == Branden Robinson <branden.robinson@ibm.net> writes:

    Branden> Topi Miettinen has done some research on this.  When we
    Branden> get SysV-style pty support in glibc, xterm can lose its
    Branden> root privileges altogether.  I hear th= is will be in
    Branden> glibc 2.1?

SysV-style pty support is a kernel option in linux kernel 2.1.xx
(where xx is pretty recent :) so I know the kernel supports it.

I don't know how glibc deals with them.

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