Only root can get an xterm.

2007-12-25 10:38:00

As it turns out /dev/pts had permissions of rwx------. Noone was able to

get an xterm at the console or remotely. Any attempt by a user other than

root to open and xterm would give the error: "cant get pty!". Im not sure

how the permissions were changed, but after I changed them back to

rwxrwxrwx, users were able to once again open a terminal window.

Many thanks to everyone that replied, this list is great!

Fred Vegliante

Dieter Gobbers

John Bradley

Jim Harmon

Amol Karnik

Erwin Fritz

Amjad Zamil

Gary Merinstein

Sean Holden

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