PTY permission problem

[MapHtH]

Why are, as of newer versions, all /dev/pts permissions 600 and not 620?

I was trying to use screen but I can't unless I use it as a root? I can remember that before it was usable as any user?

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devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600,ptmxmode=000 0 0
Did the defaults change?

[tinypoodle]

http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,15272.0.html

[MapHtH]

As posted here:

I think I found a solution of a sorts.

I first found this, but it didn't quite work. But I set the config so that screen wouldn't try to modify /dev/pts. That got me exactly nowhere.

After few hours of testing, I came to a solution that works, but many people won't like because of security problems. Now, if you are the only one using the pc, there are no worries, the way I see it.

The trick is to chmod 4755 screen-4.0.3 and leave it as root:root before squashing it or doing anything with it. You can then use it without sudo or anything, albeit this does something close to sudo-ing.

I hope this helps.

The extension from the 5.x x86 (I'm trying to compile for arm) repo doesn't need this, but I can't seem to grasp why. I've sent an email to althalus to see what he has to say on the matter.

[tinypoodle]

There seems to be a contradiction between initial post and

The extension from the 5.x x86 (I'm trying to compile for arm) repo doesn't need this, but I can't seem to grasp why.

This begs the question then in which constellation exactly would it not work as expected for you.

[MapHtH]

Ok, the x86 version on my main pc works oob, but whenever I compile it on my cubieboard the said problem happens and I haven't a clue on why.

But since I sorted it out, it doesn't matter.