Re: Konsole warning message

Waldo Bastian <[email protected]> Sat, 27 Nov 2004 18:41:33 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.non-linux
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Saturday 27 November 2004 03:10, Dave Feustel wrote:
> 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?

It means that konsole thinks that someone else on your system would be able to 
listen in on your shell.

It comes down to kgrantpty failing somehow, is it installed suid root?

See kdelibs/kdecore/kgrantpty.c

Cheers,
Waldo
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