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- From: andrewc@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew J. Cosgriff !)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: shell in emacs problem
- Message-ID: <andrewc.724926922@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 08:35:22 GMT
- References: <JAFFER.92Dec10130802@camelot.ai.mit.edu>
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- jaffer@zurich.ai.mit.edu (Aubrey Jaffer) writes:
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- >Linux V0.98 from tsx-11 Dec 8
- >emacs18.59 from tsx-11 Dec 8
- >When I run a shell (/bin/sh) in a window in emacs (not Xemacs) as root
- >or su everything works fine. When I try it logged in as someone else,
- >after every shell command it prints:
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- >/bin/sh: [328: 2] tcgetattr: Invalid argument
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- >(The 328 number changes with every invocation). Additionally,
- >isatty() called from a program I run in the shell returns 0.
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- >I assume that changing the permission on some file will fix this; what
- >file???? (i have tried several).
-
- Well, it wouldn't hurt to try a
- chmod -R 755 /usr/local/emacs
-
- And see if it helps...
-
- (I think emacs uses 'env' for shells, by the way - maybe that's it...)
-
-
- Enjoy !
-
- Cos !
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