From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 23 06:46:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA03471 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 06:46:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from apollo.is.co.za (apollo.is.co.za [196.4.160.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA03462 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 06:46:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from admin.is.co.za (admin.is.co.za [196.23.0.9]) by apollo.is.co.za (8.7.5/8.7.5/IShub#2) with ESMTP id PAA21397 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 15:46:04 +0200 (GMT) Received: (from robin@localhost) by admin.is.co.za (8.7.5/8.7.5/ISsubsidiary#1) id PAA26815 for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 15:46:03 +0200 (GMT) From: Robin Lunn Message-Id: <199604231346.PAA26815@admin.is.co.za> Subject: Re: /dev/console To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 15:46:02 +0200 (GMT) X-Organisation: The Internet Solution (Pty) Ltd. X-Phone: +27-11-4475566; Fax: +27-11-4475567 Reply-To: robin@is.co.za X-AIDAT-Member: See http://www.aidat.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Nik Clayton wrote: > > These permissions are fine. In order to get xconsole working add yourself to > > the "operator" group by editing /etc/group. As an "operator" you can access > > the stiffy drive, shut the machine down and run xconsole without having to su > > or be root. > > Just tried that, and it doesn't work. Need to log out and log in again. -- _ __ | Only my ideas here unless I say otherwise... _ ' ) ) / | (BeamJack@IRC) / \ /--' ____/___o __ | | / / \_(_) /_) (__/) )_ | \ "I didn't know it was impossible when I did it!" \ /\ | | \/