Re: /dev/pts/0: Operation not permitted

From: Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels_at_cistron.nl)
Date: 08/24/04

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    In article <20040824124319.GX16864@sun.ac.za>,
    Johann Spies <jspies@sun.ac.za> wrote:
    >When I do a su - sysadm on one server with Woody I get the error
    >message in the subject line. That happens only when su to sysadm is
    >being used.
    >
    >Apart from the error message everything seems work normally:
    >
    >14:40:38 js@mxx:/var/log/exim4$ sudo su - sysadm
    >/dev/pts/0: Operation not permitted
    >14:40:42 sysadm@mxx:~$
    >
    >What is causing this?

    Probably a 'mesg n' in /etc/profile or somesuch. After a su,
    /dev/pts/0 is still owned by the previous userid.

    Mike.

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