Re: kde konsole

[Marc Espie <espie@nerim.net>]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 09:40:04PM -0400, Robert Connolly wrote:
> How do I fix this error?
> konsole: chownpty failed for device /dev/ptyp7::/dev/ttyp7.
>        : This means the session can be eavesdroped.
>        : Make sure konsole_grantpty is installed in
>        : /usr/local/bin/ and setuid root.
> 
> I did chmod +s and its the same
> -rwsr-sr-x  1 root  wheel  8064 Aug  8 13:19 /usr/local/bin/konsole_grantpty

Oh yuck. Not that one again.

This stuff is a very hairy can of worms. Our ptys don't work like linux.
They don't work like FreeBSD either. I've been fixing this on and off for
quite some time. It's likely kde 3.1.3 broke it again, and I didn't notice.