Re: recent gpm DoS issue

[Ignacio Arenaza <inaki.arenaza@jet.es>]

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>>>>> "Ethan" == Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes:

    Ethan> i just tried changing the permissions on /dev/gpmctl to
    Ethan> mode 0600 root.root and gpm still works just fine, at least
    Ethan> for what i use it for (simple copy and paste of text,
    Ethan> nothing more).

Yup! This breaks 'mc' support for the mouse on the console.

Saludos. Iñaki.

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