--- startproc.c
+++ startproc.c	2014-05-27 12:08:10.498235871 +0000
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ static int do_start(const char *inname,
 	    char * redirect;
 	    if (!(redirect = getenv("REDIRECT")))
 		redirect = "/dev/tty";
-	    if ((tty = open(redirect,O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK,0)) < 0)
+	    if ((tty = open(redirect,O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK,0)) < 0)
 		error(LSB_PROOF," cannot open %s: %s\n", redirect, strerror(errno));
 	    dup2(tty, fileno(stdin));
 	    dup2(tty, fileno(stdout));