diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 1521fcfbb..69e55cbeb 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-02-08  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>
+
+	* dtable.cc (dtable::init_std_file_from_handle): Reinstate opening tty
+	handles with O_RDWR permissions.
+
 2012-02-08  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* thread.cc (__pthread_cond_wait_init): New static function replacing
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
index c0af76961..fa442f771 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ dtable::init_std_file_from_handle (int fd, HANDLE handle)
       /* Console windows are not kernel objects, so the access mask returned
 	 by NtQueryInformationFile is meaningless.  CMD always hands down
 	 stdin handles as R/O handles, but our tty slave sides are R/W. */
-      if (!iscons_dev (dev) && fh->is_tty ())
+      if (fh->is_tty ())
 	{
 	  openflags |= O_RDWR;
 	  access |= GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE;
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/passwd.cc b/winsup/cygwin/passwd.cc
index 945ce146c..962bf776e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/passwd.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/passwd.cc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* passwd.cc: getpwnam () and friends
 
    Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009,
-   2010, 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+   2010, 2011, 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
 
 This file is part of Cygwin.