RVDowning Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 Have a problem trying to use "write" in ssh with another machine, so I've been trying it to myself (user: rvd) on my own machine. If I open a new terminal window and do "mesg" it is always "n" If I try "mesg y", I get a "mesg: error: tty device is not owned by group `tty'" So, I do a "chgrp tty /dev/pts/*" and can then do a "mesg y". But, if I try to do a "write rvd" I get "write: rvd has messages disabled". Each new item that comes into "/dev/pts" seems to be in a non "tty" group: "rvd", "root", "mike", etc. and not "tty". So, somewhere it seems I need to set the group to "tty", but I must not be doing it in the right place. Or, am I totally barking up the wrong tree here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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