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- From: km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg)
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- Subject: cmdtool and utmp
- Date: 2 Jan 1993 18:06:33 GMT
- Organization: Emory University, Dept of Math and CS
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- cmdtool (like xterm) wants to write to utmp when it runs, and
- expects the permissions to be writable. cmdtool gives an error
- message if it can't write to utmp.
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- Unlike cmdtool, xterm can run with an unwritable utmp if its
- made setuid. xterm knows enough to change its effective uid
- before execing its shell, cmdtool does not.
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- Is there a trick for getting cmdtool to work properly with a
- secure utmp?
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