ttysnoops crashes with segmentation fault

[Sakthivel]

Binary package hint: ttysnoop

Source package: (Not sure)
    * ttysnoop_0.12d.orig.tar.gz (8.3 KiB)
    * ttysnoop_0.12d-3.diff.gz (7.2 KiB)
    * ttysnoop_0.12d-3.dsc (538 bytes)

1. System Release:
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

2. Version of Package:
ttysnoop:
  Installed: 0.12d-3
  Candidate: 0.12d-3
  Version table:
 *** 0.12d-3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3. Expected Result:
when invoking ttysnoops as a normal user,
$ttysnoops
ttysnoops should run smoothly or print any help/error message.

$ttysnoop 3
should clone the output of pts/3 terminal to its own pseudo terminal

4. Actual Result:
$ ttysnoops
can't bind server socket (/var/spool/ttysnoop/2)
                                                Segmentation fault
$ ttysnoop 3
can't connect to server
$ ttysnoop pty1
can't connect to server
$ ttysnoop pts1
can't connect to server
$ ttysnoop pts/1
can't connect to server
$

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jul 22 16:41:46 2008
Dependencies:
 libgcc1 1:4.2.3-2ubuntu7
 gcc-4.2-base 4.2.3-2ubuntu7
 libc6 2.7-10ubuntu3
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: ttysnoop 0.12d-3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/opt/BullseyeCoverage/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ttysnoop
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[JanBrinkmann (jbrinkmann)]

Thanks you very much for reporting your problem. This helps to improve Ubuntu! I can confirm this behaviour on Intrepid i386 using ttysnoop 0.12d-3 . There is no package with debugging symbols available. Therefor, I'll attach a valgrind.log .