Gentoo Archives: gentoo-hardened

From:	Chris PeBenito <pebenito@g.o>
To:	Markus Dittrich <markusle@×××××.com>
Cc:	Victor Banatean <pie_oh_pah@×××.net>, gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-hardened] Can't start eterm and xterm as normal user using X under SELinux and hardened gcc
Date:	Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:46:01
Message-Id:	`1096058744.7142.11.camel@gorn.pebenito.net`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-hardened] Can't start eterm and xterm as normal user using X under SELinux and hardened gcc by Markus Dittrich

1	On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 13:26 -0500, Markus Dittrich wrote:
2	> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:51:11 +0200, Victor Banatean <pie_oh_pah@×××.net> wrote:
3	> > I have a problem using eterm and xterm when starting X as a normal
4	> > user, as soon as I switch to root no problem at all.
5	>
6	> AFAIK xterm will connect to /dev/tty and your user will have to have
7	> rw permissions for it to do so. If your permissions are different try
8	> to chmod them.
9
10	This is most likely the case. The current /dev/tty in the SELinux
11	stages is 0600, when it should be 0644.
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Re: [gentoo-hardened] Can't start eterm and xterm as normal user using X under SELinux and hardened gcc	Chris PeBenito <pebenito@g.o>