On Sun, 28 Aug 2005, Christos Zoulas wrote:

>> Where is this documented?
>
> Your xterm is compiled in a way that it does not use openpty() or /dev/ptm,
> so unless it is installed setuid root (*), it will not be able to chown the pty,
> and this is a security problem. Utmp_update is just warning you that something
> is wrong. What kind of documentation do you have in mind?

I was thinking that the man page could explain what this message means. I 
didn't know it could be a "security" issue as I thought it was just some 
informative warning.

Thanks for the info; I will attempt to look at the xterm source about 
this.

> (*) Of course making the xterm setuid root will not solve your security 
> problem.


  Jeremy C. Reed

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