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From: Herbert Poetzl (herbert_at_13thfloor.at)
Date: Thu 26 Jun 2003 - 20:49:27 BST


On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 08:44:42PM +0200, Roland Moriz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is it possible to provide a /dev/tty to a vserver without compromising
> security?

hmm, in what way do you believe /dev/tty would
or could compromise security?

otherwise:

[V] mknod /dev/tty c 5 0

will do nicely

best,
Herbert

> For example the perl Term::ReadLine Module (used by CPAN.pm) needs this
> to work correctly.
>
> with kind regards,
> Mit freundlichen Gruessen,
>
> Roland Moriz
> --
> Muenchen/Germany - http://www.roland-moriz.de/


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