Re: Operation not permitted

[--Damacus-- <damacus@bastion.cnsnet.net>]

Not sure, but I believe this has to do with chowning the tty to the new
username you su'd to, except it's aready owned and in use by root.

-D

On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 01:50:34PM -0400, Subba Rao wrote:
> 
> I am trying to "su - username" and get the following messages in the
> Xterm
> 
>    /dev/ttyp2: Operation not permitted
> 
> How can I fix this error? I am doing the above operation as root user,
> switching
> to a regular user.
> 
> Any info appreciated.
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> Subba Rao
> subb3@ibm.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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