Package: rxvt-unicode Version: 9.15-2 Followup-For: Bug #500230 This bug leads to a number of problems: * write(1) and wall(1) messages cannot be sent to the terminal * The terminal doesn't show up in the output from who(1) and w(1) * Emergency messages from syslogd doesn't show up in the terminal * Broadcast messages from shutdown(8) doesn't show up in the terminal
Therefore, please consider installing rxvt-unicode setgid utmp. Installing rxvt-unicode setgid should have minimal impact on security, as the main process forks a helper process for utmp writing, and drops privileges in the main process very early in execution. [1][2] [1] http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.pod#I_need_to_make_it_setuid_setgid_to_s [2] Source code: src/rxvt.C:33 and libptytty/src/proxy.C:323 Regards, -- Sebastian Thorarensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
