[NTLUG:Discuss] su

[Jeff Nelson]

the tty is still owned by root, thus mesg as a normal user is not able to
manipulate the tty

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From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
Of James L. Skidmore
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 6:41 PM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] su


Hello all,

I am using bash in SuSE linux 6.4 and I can "su -" as a regular user just
fine, but when I "su - user" as root it tells me:

mesg: /dev/tty?: Operation not permitted

but it still allows me to su anyway. I've checked everything I can think
to check and I can't figure this one out. Anyone know the solution?

Thanks...

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