[1552] in Athena Bugs
Re: 6.0R: /usr/bin/mesg
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ODIE beats Garfield)
Fri Dec 16 21:46:18 1988
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 88 21:46:03 EST
From: ODIE beats Garfield <root%ODIE.MIT.EDU@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: Henry Mensch <henry@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Cc: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
> > If you type "mesg n", it does not remove the world-writeable aspect of
> > the tty. "mesg n" should secure the tty you are on.
>
> on which platform is this a problem? works just fine for me ...
The bug exists on both platforms. Did you first check to see if the tty
was world-writeable? If not, then the bug doesn't show. However, if
the tty is world-writeable, "mesg n" does not remove this aspect.
-Richard
