Debian bug report logs - #1658
write: you have write permission turned off

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Package: bsdutils
Version: 1.3-1

Other than not being setgid tty (Bug#1545), if I run write without doing
"mesg y" first, it won't work (write: you have write permission turned
off) even for root...  This might be a good feature for ordinary users,
but I think write should only print a warning and still work for root.

Marek