Previously, watch would always use the first device it could
successfully open, but this isn't always desired. Specifically, it
may not be desired during debugging (of snp), or if a particular snp
device has different permissions (which makes since after snp.c 1.64).
change terminals being watched. This change makes watch pass the
<control-X> through to the terminal if it's not being intercepted--
previously, the keypress would simply be dropped.
2. fix a potential buffer oflow,
3. makes watch(8) conform to sysexits(3).
Not a strong 2.2 candidate even if it would be nice.
Reviewed by: joerg, imp
disables the ability to interactively select a new tty. I have also
removed a check for uid == 0 because it gets in the way of using suid
mode based access control. Watch (8)is only runnable by root, so this
does not really change things much.
Closes PR#2131
Submitted-By: adrian@virginia.edu
guys to a watched process. Useful if you're monitoring someone who's
started doing something you'd really like them to stop immediately. :)
Suggested by: Phillip White <philw@megasoft.tic.ab.ca>