mesg off for /AutoPPP/

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Hi,

Marc SCHAEFER wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Gert Doering wrote:
> > (IIRC the permissions should be 0600 anyway when waiting for the login
> > name - or AutoPPP in that case - could anybody please verify this?)
> 
> before connect:
> <vulcan> schaefer:/usr/users/schaefer> ls -la /dev/ttyS2
> crw-rw----   1 uucp     modem      4,  67 Jun 21 14:21 /dev/ttyS2
> 
> after connect (login prompt):
> <vulcan> schaefer:/usr/users/schaefer> ls -la /dev/ttyS2
> crw-------   1 uucp     modem      4,  67 Jun 21 14:21 /dev/ttyS2

That's what I would expect.

> [ well, this is kind of a problem. Maybe I will set it to root one day ]

Yeup.  One should do that.

> I did not check when PPP is detected, maybe the permissions are not
> changed.

They *are* changed to 0600 (because that is done before anything incoming
is checked).

> Or simply, when wall runs at root it simply bypasses the permission
> (ie no manual checking).

That's well possible.

gert

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