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authorThomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>2013-10-28 00:09:49 +0100
committerThomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name>2014-02-25 13:17:31 +0100
commit7ffc398e1c386925826c42a30ff10ae84e79378f (patch)
tree5f3b9a4e2e5b846f51662a8a2f19f7a6ac18ed4a /hurd
parent8652551b31d8e1cf04523c123515c56b58b63d2f (diff)
hurd/translator/term: Terminal leak is related to privilege separation.
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@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ The *term* translator implements POSIX termios discipline.
<braunr> good news
<braunr> the terminal leak is related to privilege separation
+
+[[tschwinge]] confirming (using `ssh -t [machine] tty`) that with privilege
+separation enabled there is this problem, and once disabled it goes away.
+
<atheia> I love how, as an unknowing by-stander, that is somehow good news
:-)
<braunr> :)
@@ -38,6 +42,9 @@ The *term* translator implements POSIX termios discipline.
<atheia> ah, yes, both definitely good news. Congrats on the progress.
<braunr> i remember we used to disable privilege separation in the past
<braunr> i'll have to dig what made us use it
+
+[[news/2010-09]].
+
<braunr> interesting, screen seems to be affected nonetheless
<braunr> so it's something common to both screen and ssh privsep
<braunr> apparently, what sshd+privse and screen have in common is a fifo