diff -up mgetty-1.1.36/login.c.167830 mgetty-1.1.36/login.c

--- mgetty-1.1.36/login.c.167830	2008-10-09 22:57:23.000000000 +0200

+++ mgetty-1.1.36/login.c	2008-10-09 22:57:23.000000000 +0200

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@

 #include <sys/types.h>

 #include <sys/stat.h>

 #include <fcntl.h>

-

+#include <sys/ioctl.h>

 /* NeXTStep/86 has some byte order problems (Christian Starkjohann) */

 #if defined(NeXT) && defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__) && !defined(NEXTSGTTY)

 # define pw_uid pw_short_pad1

@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ fallthrough:

     if ( fcntl(0, F_GETFD, 0 ) & 1 ) 

 	lprintf( L_WARN, "WARNING: close-on-exec bit set on FD 0 - OS BUG?" );

+    ioctl(0, TIOCSCTTY, (void*)1);

+

     /* execute login */

     execv( cmd, argv );

diff -up mgetty-1.1.36/mgetty.c.167830 mgetty-1.1.36/mgetty.c

--- mgetty-1.1.36/mgetty.c.167830	2008-10-09 22:57:23.000000000 +0200

+++ mgetty-1.1.36/mgetty.c	2008-10-09 22:57:23.000000000 +0200

@@ -1034,7 +1034,15 @@ Ring_got_action:

 	}

 	/* set permissions to "rw-------" for login */

-	(void) chmod(devname, 0600);

+

+	/* JVD, 2005-09-16, : see Red Hat BZ 167830! 

+	 * If devname is owned by 'uucp', and we run login as a non-root userid,

+	 * then login gets a terminal it has no RW perms for ... bad idea!

+	 *

+	 * Let users control the tty device access mode with with 'port-mode'!  

+	 */

+	if( ! c_isset(port_mode) )

+	    (void) chmod(devname, 0600);

 	/* set ttystate for login ("after"),

 	 *  cr-nl mapping flags are set by getlogname()!

@@ -1079,7 +1087,15 @@ Ring_got_action:

 	{

 	    lprintf( L_WARN, "WARNING: starting login while DCD is low!" );

 	}

-

+	

+	/* try to ensure the terminal buffers are clear when we hand over terminal to login:*/

+	

+	tcflush(0, TCIOFLUSH);

+	tcgetattr(0,&tio;;

+	tio.c_lflag &= ~TOSTOP;

+	tcsetattr(0,TCSANOW,&tio;;

+	tcsetpgrp(0,getpid());

+	

 	/* hand off to login dispatcher (which will call /bin/login) */

 	login_dispatch( buf, mgetty_state == St_callback_login? TRUE: FALSE,

 			c_string(login_config) );