Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!hurf From: hurf@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Hurf Sheldon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Tip problem With Uws2.1(vax) Keywords: Ultrix2.1 tip ports Message-ID: <8601@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 10 Aug 89 13:41:50 GMT Reply-To: hurf@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Hurf Sheldon) Distribution: na Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Lines: 24 I installed UWS2.1 (Ultrix3.1) on a vs3200 with some dhv11's Our 'tip' lines reported 'all ports busy' unless run from root. I checked and rechecked the permission settings on the tty entries, on /usr/spool/uucp and on /usr/bin/tip. After comparing the permission level on /usr/bin/tip on another system (UWS2.0, vsII) I saw that the 2.0 had set /usr/bin/tip permissions [correctly?] to 4711 but the 2.1 installation had set /usr/bin/tip 755 (which appears normal but won't allow creation of the lock file in /usr/spool/uucp) I tried 'chown daemon /usr/bin/tip' and 'chmod 755 /usr/bin/tip' in the hopes of not having to set root id but got the error 'can't open log file' . I assume this is part of the obvious effort to plug security holes in UWS2.1/Ultrix3.1 - just passing it on. hurf -- Hurf Sheldon Network: hurf@ionvax.tn.cornell.edu Lab of Plasma Studies Bitnet: hurf@CRNLION 369 Upson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 ph:607 255 7267 I got a job in science; I bought a Porsche; Now, everyone takes me seriously.