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kgrantpty (7)
kgrantpty(7) KDE Library Bin kgrantpty(7)
NAME
kgrantpty - konsole uses this to securely open a slave pty
SYNOPSIS
kgrantpty [OPTION] [FILE]
DESCRIPTION
kgrantpty is only intended to be used internally by konsole to open a
slave pty securely. It performs a setuid chmod and chown on the slave
pty device. Eavesdropping is prevented with the usage of a file handle
as an argument. KPty automatically calls this tool, and it is not
intended to be called from the command line.
OPTIONS
--grant
grant secure setuid root chmod and chown to the file descriptor
--revoke
revoke the secure setuid root chmod and chown from the file
descriptor
SECURITY
kgrantpty must be used as setuid root.
SEE ALSO
ttyname(3), forkpty(3), tty(4), pty(7)
AUTHOR
Manpage written by Rodrigo Rubira Branco <rrbranco@br.ibm.com>
KDE Library May 16, 2006 kgrantpty(7)
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