From channe at hf.webfan.tk Wed May 15 08:37:45 2013 From: channe at hf.webfan.tk (channe) Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 20:37:45 +0800 Subject: [grsec] The terminal you are using is unsafe for this operation. Use another terminal. Message-ID: <0672b08585397e369eadfc69150d7dfc@hf.webfan.tk> Hi~ I'm a fresh man to grsec. Today I met a strange probelm, when I try to run "gradm -a admin", I was told "The terminal you are using is unsafe for this operation. Use another terminal." the username I was using is root. and the policy usr is default which has G flag Has anyone met this problem ? Thanks. From spender at grsecurity.net Wed May 15 09:15:45 2013 From: spender at grsecurity.net (Brad Spengler) Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 09:15:45 -0400 Subject: [grsec] The terminal you are using is unsafe for this operation. Use another terminal. In-Reply-To: <0672b08585397e369eadfc69150d7dfc@hf.webfan.tk> References: <0672b08585397e369eadfc69150d7dfc@hf.webfan.tk> Message-ID: <20130515131545.GA3655@grsecurity.net> This is caused by another process having your terminal open, allowing it to potentially steal keystrokes. The culprit should be reported in your dmesg ("terminal being sniffed by...") or can be found via lsof. In the past there have been problems with init scripts passing on terminal file descriptors to started services: http://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1081 -Brad On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 08:37:45PM +0800, channe wrote: > Hi~ > > I'm a fresh man to grsec. > > Today I met a strange probelm, when I try to run "gradm -a admin", I > was told "The terminal you are using is unsafe for this operation. > Use another terminal." > > the username I was using is root. > and the policy usr is default which has G flag > > > > Has anyone met this problem ? Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > grsecurity mailing list > grsecurity at grsecurity.net > http://grsecurity.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grsecurity -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: