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

Your message dated Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:18:08 +0000
with message-id <1363875488.31336.118.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk>
and subject line Re: Bug#703592: /dev/console vs. mesg(1) in recovery mode
has caused the Debian Bug report #703592,
regarding /dev/console vs. mesg(1) in recovery mode
to be marked as done.

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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 on a root account with no dot files ... vanilla
installation.

Versions of packages linux-image-3.2.0-4-486 depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                   1.5.49
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool]  0.109
ii  kmod                                    9-2
ii  linux-base                              3.5
ii  module-init-tools                       9-2

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On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 15:51 +0800, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> Package: src:linux

Don't be ridiculous.

> 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
[...]

# tty
/dev/console

You booted in single user mode.  What would be the point of letting
other users write to your terminal?  Besides which /dev/console had damn
well better be trustworthy.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
It is easier to write an incorrect program than to understand a correct one.

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