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) );