AARGH!!!! (was: Re: [Plug] ttysnoop and /dev/vcs#)

[Darxus <darxus@op.net>]

I've spent HOURS hacking away at ttysnoop today, mostly adding in debuggin
messages so I could figure out what the hell was keeping it from working.
I finally got it to work after I found one last piece that needed to be
changed in /etc/inetd.conf.  Then I had a thought.  "What if that's *all*
that needed to be changed?"

So I reinstalled the original, unahcked copy of ttysnoop.

AND IT WORKED.  AAARGH!!!!

Well, here's the difference:

my /etc/inetd.conf's telnet line used to look like:

 telnet         stream  tcp     nowait  telnetd.telnetd /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.telnetd

Now it looks like:

 telnet          stream  tcp     nowait  root.root       /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.telnetd -L /usr/sbin/ttysnoops

the "-L /usr/sbin/ttysnoops" stuff is in the docs, but apparently you have
to change the user/group from telnetd/telnetd to root/root.

WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY FUCKING JUST TELL ME THIS ???

Okay, Tom, add your /dev/tty##'s back (probably w/ mknod), make those
changes to your /etc/inetd.conf, and lemme know what happens.

Anybody wanna write a quick scirpt to create those /dev/tty##'s &
/dev/pty##'s ?

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