1kgrantpty(7)                    KDE Library Bin                   kgrantpty(7)
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NAME

6       kgrantpty - konsole uses this to securely open a slave pty
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SYNOPSIS

9       kgrantpty [OPTION] [FILE]
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DESCRIPTION

12       kgrantpty  is  only intended to be used internally by konsole to open a
13       slave pty securely.  It performs a setuid chmod and chown on the  slave
14       pty device.  Eavesdropping is prevented with the usage of a file handle
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16       intended to be called from the command line.
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OPTIONS

19       --grant
20              grant secure setuid root chmod and chown to the file descriptor
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23              revoke  the  secure  setuid  root  chmod and chown from the file
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SECURITY

27       kgrantpty must be used as setuid root.
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SEE ALSO

30       ttyname(3), forkpty(3), tty(4), pty(7)
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AUTHOR

33       Manpage written by Rodrigo Rubira Branco <rrbranco@br.ibm.com>
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37KDE Library                      May 16, 2006                     kgrantpty(7)