pt_chown: needs to be installed setuid `root'

[digitalamar]

Hi all,

I get the following error when I start xterm:

pt_chown: needs to be installed setuid `root'
The system has no more ptys. Ask your system administrator to
create more.


This is a RHEL 3 running 2.4.21-15 kernel. Even after a reboot, the error didn't go. Only one TTY is being used right now.

Thanks & Regards,
Amar.

[just_Hum]

Hi all,

I get the following error when I start xterm:

pt_chown: needs to be installed setuid `root'
The system has no more ptys. Ask your system administrator to
create more.


This is a RHEL 3 running 2.4.21-15 kernel. Even after a reboot, the error didn't go. Only one TTY is being used right now.

Thanks & Regards,
Amar.

Solution--------------->

From the error message, it seems you need to make your xterm binary setuid root. You can do this by executing the below command as a root user.

#chown root xterm
#chmod 4755 xterm

"Setuid root" means that the program can run as root even if it is invoked by some other user.

kool,
just_Hum