#5705 BLOC 8.2.0 (: sudo gives "can't access tty" errors.
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Tue Aug 5 18:58:12 EDT 2008
#5705: sudo gives "can't access tty" errors.
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Reporter: cjb | Owner: mstone
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: blocker | Milestone: 8.2.0 (was Update.2)
Component: distro | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords: rainbow-integration, security
Next_action: package | Verified: 0
Blockedby: | Blocking: 7797
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Comment(by mikus):
Replying to [comment:15 mtd]:
> Replying to [comment:14 mstone]:
>
> > Regarding the question of correctness: Why should we be hardcoding the
tty number at all?
>
> Slight nitpick - that might be more flexibility rather than correctness.
But regardless, it just depends on what you're aiming for and how long you
want to carry olpc-dm. If not for too long, then who cares? As as one of
cscott's queries implied, if it was wrong for this long and nobody cared
too much, this small (but clear) enhancement in maintainability might not
justify the additional complexity (changing invocation
scripts/documentation, etc.).
A minor comment, for the sake of recording what I've seen -- I'm not
asking for any code changes.
I'm one of the people who have issued 'startx -- :1', and have (not very
successfully) ended up in Sugar on ctl-alt-F4. I think if the tty is
hard-coded, that impacts people who want to simultaneously run more than
one "user" on the OLPC.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5705#comment:22>
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