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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: fdopen in getpass(3)
Message-ID: <170@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 18:41:10 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 15 18:41:10 1983
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Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept.
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It's not really necessary, but it's used so that ioctl calls on the
file descriptor will work.  Without write permission you ``aren't
allowed'' to stty().  I put that in quotes because you really are
allowed to, at least in 4.1BSD (and probably everything except 4.2
where they will finally do the "impractical"?)

				- Chris
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