Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263707AbTICGf0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 02:35:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263710AbTICGf0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 02:35:26 -0400 Received: from pub234.cambridge.redhat.com ([213.86.99.234]:28427 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263707AbTICGfX (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 02:35:23 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 07:35:22 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Albert Cahalan Cc: linux-kernel mailing list , hch@infradead.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: 2.6-test4 Traditional pty and devfs Message-ID: <20030903073522.A30542@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Albert Cahalan , linux-kernel mailing list , akpm@osdl.org References: <1062557567.846.2090.camel@cube> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1062557567.846.2090.camel@cube>; from albert@users.sf.net on Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:52:47PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 613 Lines: 13 On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:52:47PM -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote: > The problem may be more serious. There are lots of > apps that use the old-style PTYs w/o any libc help. That's not a problem, just bad design. It continues to work as always, i.e. you don't get an automic chown. For that you either needs the libc interface with the pt_chown helper of UNIX98 ptys. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/