[comp.unix.aix] open of /dev/tty?? fails

kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) (07/25/90)

With AIX V3, open calls on /dev/tty?? do not behave as they do on my AIX 1.2
and my SYSV systems.  Logged in on /dev/tty1, I open /dev/tty1, and it returns
"permission denied." 
In fact, "write" by normal users cannot even write to me when I am logged in
on my AIX V3 system, even though I have done a "mesg -yes".

Executing "echo foo > /dev/tty1" fails.  However, logged in via TCP/IP,
executing "echo foo > /dev/pts/0" works (usually).

What have I configured incorrectly?
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