From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1540: emacsclient -t fails under su Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:02:31 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200812112119.mBBLJwj7001473@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <200812120118.mBC1IOvm002208@mothra.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 1540@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1229110180 30987 80.91.229.12 (12 Dec 2008 19:29:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:29:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 1540@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 12 20:30:41 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LBDfx-0001AG-Qj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:27:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49025 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LBDem-00007U-6y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:26:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LBDci-000714-4A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:24:28 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LBDce-0006xP-F0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:24:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34426 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LBDcd-0006wk-3W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:24:23 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:48772) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LBDcc-0001Md-CI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:24:22 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mBCJOIFV009965; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:24:18 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id mBCJA4ET005976; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:10:04 -0800 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:10:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 1540 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1540-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1540.12291085583637 (code B ref 1540); Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:10:04 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.0000 Tokens: new, 7; hammy, 108; neutral, 36; spammy, 1. spammytokens:0.930-3--forth hammytokens:0.000-+--emacs, 0.000-+--Emacs, 0.000-+--H*M:fsf, 0.000-+--H*UA:Emacs, 0.000-+--H*u:Emacs Original-Received: (at 1540) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 12 Dec 2008 19:02:38 +0000 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca (chene.dit.umontreal.ca [132.204.246.20]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mBCJ2X7f003622 for <1540@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:02:35 -0800 Original-Received: from alfajor.home (vpn-132-204-232-87.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.87]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id mBCJ2WGE001173; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:02:32 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D13B51C13C; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:02:31 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <200812120118.mBC1IOvm002208@mothra.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:18:24 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3167=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:24:25 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:23247 Archived-At: > emacs tries to open the tty of the emacsclient process, which > ttyname (fileno (stdout)) says it's /dev/pts/12 > /dev/pts/12 is owned by user1, and user2 has no access to it Indeed. You can make it work by letting user2 create another pts for Emacs to use and then transfer back&forth the commands on one pts to the other. E.g. user2 runs scren and then emacsclient -t in screen. Or user2 does "ssh localhost" and then runs emacsclient -t in that ssh session. Or ...