[Konsole-devel] [Bug 42986] chownpty failed for /dev/ptyp0::/dev/ttypp0 in KDE-3.0

[david wilson]

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------- Additional Comments From dnwilson at bigpond.com  2003-05-29 09:22 -------
I have a similar problem with kde-3.1.2 on linux mandrake 9 compiled on my machine 
If a non root user starts konsole the following error occurs. I have read that it may be related 
to kdm also not working for non-root users on my machine. 
 
 
[dnw at capulet schily]$ konsole 
Loading required GL library /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 
ptsname: No such file or directory 
konsole_grantpty: cannot revoke /dev/ttypa. 
Reason: Function not implemented 
konsole: chownpty failed for device /dev/ptypa::/dev/ttypa. 
       : This means the session can be eavesdroped. 
       : Make sure konsole_grantpty is installed in 
       : /usr/bin/ and setuid root. 
undecodable token: \001b(hex)[36l