Problem:
Certain program crashed when run from a CDE icon but worked well from the
command line. The point of failure was when the program tried to execute a
setuid program. The main program is written in PowerBuilder for UNIX and
the setuid program in C.
Thanks to:
Kevin Sheehan
The problem turned out not to be related to the "setuid-ness".
The program which was to be run did not explicitly use stdin or stdout, but
it needed it anyway.
Solution: in the CDE action, the terminal type was changed from "NO_STDIO"
to "TERMINAL". Clicking the icon now opens a terminal window before runing
the powerbuilder app, which is then able to run the setuid program
normally. On exit, the terminal window closes automatically.
-- Oscar Goldes
-- ogolde@orden.cl
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