Konsole warning message

Every time the command "konsole -e <prog>" is executed, I get
the following warning message:

/home/daf}kdecore (KProcess): WARNING: chownpty failed for 
device /dev/ptyp3::/dev/ttyp3
This means the communication can be eavesdropped.

What does this mean and how can I prevent it?

Thanks,
Dave Feustel