Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!ron From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Another attempt at getting help with process communications Keywords: LONG! Message-ID: <17069@topaz.rutgers.edu> Date: 15 Dec 87 16:29:54 GMT References: <8214@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 7 Nope, trying to open the control side of the pty's is THE only way to alloc them now. I have a small setuid program, however that once you have opened a pty (it is passed as fd 0) it verifies your claim and then chowns the pty to you and optionally creates a utmp entry for you (and likewise for close). -Ron