Bug#60984: [caspian@twu.net: Bug#60984: (no subject)]
[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.
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> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:18:08 -0600 (CST)
> From: Caspian <caspian@twu.net>
> Subject: Bug#60984: (no subject)
> To: submit@bugs.debian.org
> Reply-To: Caspian <caspian@twu.net>, 60984@bugs.debian.org
>
> 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...
>
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