sets the permissions on a pseudoterminal so it can be used by the
calling process. This means programs like @code{xterm} and
@code{screen} do not have to be setuid to get a pty. (There may be
-other reasons why they need privileges.) If you are using a 2.1 or
-newer Linux kernel with the @code{devptsfs} or @code{devfs} filesystems
+other reasons why they need privileges.) If you are using a
+Linux kernel with the @code{devptsfs} or @code{devfs} filesystems
providing pty slaves, you don't need this program; otherwise you do.
The source for @file{pt_chown} is in @file{login/programs/pt_chown.c}.
prefix or allow it to default to @file{/usr/local}, then all the
components are installed there.
-You cannot use @code{nscd} with 2.0 kernels, due to bugs in the
-kernel-side thread support. @code{nscd} happens to hit these bugs
-particularly hard, but you might have problems with any threaded
-program.
-
@node Reporting Bugs
@appendixsec Reporting Bugs
@cindex reporting bugs