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grantpt(3)
NAME
  grantpt - Permits access to the slave pseudoterminal device

LIBRARY
  Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)

SYNOPSIS
  #include <stdlib.h>

  int grantpt(
	  int fildes);

STANDARDS
  Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards
  as follows:

  grantpt():  XPG4-UNIX

  Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about
  industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS
  fildes    Specifies a file descriptor that is returned from a successful
	    open of a master pseudoterminal device.

DESCRIPTION
  The grantpt() function modifies the ownership and mode of the slave
  pseudoterminal device associated with its master pseudoterminal
  counterpart.

  The modifications of mode and ownership are performed as follows:

    ·  The group ID is set to a reserved group.

    ·  The slave user ID is set to the real UID of the calling process.

    ·  The permissions of the slave device are set so that the owner is
       allowed read and write access and the group is allowed write access.

RETURN VALUES
  Upon successful completion, the grantpt() function returns a value of 0
  (zero). Otherwise, it returns a value of -1 and sets errno to indicate the
  error.



ERRORS
  The grantpt() function sets errno to the specified values for the following
  conditions:


  [EACCES]
	 The corresponding slave device cannot be accessed.

  [EBADF]
	 The file descriptor specified by the fildes parameter is not a valid
	 open file descriptor.

  [EINVAL]
	 The file descriptor specified by the fildes parameter is not
	 associated with a master device.

  The grantpt() function may also fail if the application has installed a
  signal handler to catch SIGCHLD (death of a child) signals.

  Applications calling grantpt() may get a SIGCHLD signal from processes that
  they did not explicitly create.

RELATED INFORMATION
  Functions: open(2), ptsname(3), setuid(2), unlockpt(3)

  Standards: standards(5)

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