Debian bug report logs - #1659
MAKEDEV sets wrong tty perms

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From: Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl>
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Subject: MAKEDEV sets wrong tty perms
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Package: miscutils
Version: 1.3-5

Not only getty sets the tty to mode 622 (Bug#1545).  MAKEDEV creates
/dev/tty[1-8] mode 622, and /dev/ttyS* mode 666.  I think permissions
should be more secure by default - you never know what is connected
to the serial ports on my machine...

Marek