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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 211fd9174c..7aa52183de 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -285,14 +285,11 @@ dramatically improve performance with NIS+, and may help with DNS as well. One auxiliary program, `/usr/libexec/pt_chown', is installed setuid -`root'. This program is invoked by the `grantpt' function; it sets the -permissions on a pseudoterminal so it can be used by the calling -process. This means programs like `xterm' and `screen' do not have to -be setuid to get a pty. (There may be other reasons why they need -privileges.) If you are using a Linux kernel with the `devptsfs' or -`devfs' filesystems providing pty slaves, you don't need this program; -otherwise you do. The source for `pt_chown' is in -`login/programs/pt_chown.c'. +`root' if the `--enable-pt_chown' configuration option is used. This +program is invoked by the `grantpt' function; it sets the permissions +on a pseudoterminal so it can be used by the calling process. If you +are using a Linux kernel with the `devpts' filesystem enabled and +mounted at `/dev/pts', you don't need this program. After installation you might want to configure the timezone and locale installation of your system. The GNU C Library comes with a |