--- rxvt-unicode/src/ptytty.C	2005/01/11 04:44:57	1.22
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/ptytty.C	2005/12/31 16:06:48	1.24
@@ -76,9 +76,13 @@
   int pfd;
 
 #ifdef PTYS_ARE_OPENPTY
-  char tty_name[sizeof "/dev/pts/????\0"];
+  char tty_name[sizeof "/dev/pts/?????\0"];
 
-  if (openpty (&pfd, fd_tty, tty_name, NULL, NULL) != -1)
+  rxvt_privileges (RESTORE);
+  int res = openpty (&pfd, fd_tty, tty_name, NULL, NULL);
+  rxvt_privileges (IGNORE);
+
+  if (res != -1)
     {
       *ttydev = strdup (tty_name);
       return pfd;
@@ -336,6 +340,9 @@
 void
 rxvt_ptytty::privileges (rxvt_privaction action)
 {
+  if (tty < 0)
+    return;
+
   rxvt_privileges (RESTORE);
 
   if (action == SAVE)
@@ -347,14 +354,12 @@
         ;//next_tty_action = IGNORE;
       else
 # endif
-
         {
           chown (name, getuid (), ttyconf.gid);      /* fail silently */
           chmod (name, ttyconf.mode);
 # ifdef HAVE_REVOKE
           revoke (name);
 # endif
-
         }
     }
   else