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!
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Date: 15 Dec 87 16:29:54 GMT
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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