Re: [SSI-devel] Re: [SSI-users] OpenSSI 1.2?

[John B. <joh...@hp...>]

Brian J. Watson wrote:
> Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> 
>> There is a getpty bug that i am facing with the last release. This 
>> happens only via telnet. In debian telnetd is run by telnetd.telnetd
>>
>> inetd.conf entry is :
>>
>> telnet  stream  tcp  nowait  telnetd.telnetd /usr/sbin/tcpd 
>> /usr/sbin/in.telnetd.
>>
>>
>> kvaneesh@satan:~$ telnet cvip
>> Trying 16.138.247.75...
>> Connected to cvip.xko.dec.com.
>> Escape character is '^]'.
>> telnetd: getpty: Permission denied
>> .
> 
> 
> Are there any interesting log messages describing why permission is 
> being denied? Alternatively, can you identify from where in the kernel 
> source the EPERM is coming, either using kdb or a custom kernel with 
> some debugging printk statements?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian
> 

I'd be interested in an strace of telnetd. I'd also be interested in an 
"ls -l" of /dev/pts before you start.

John