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Subject: Re: su problem
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Martin Schweizer wrote:
> Hello
> 
> If I su from user martin to root or from user martin to martin (for testing) I 
> get this errors in /var/log/messages:
> 
> [snip]
> May  9 11:33:08 merkur init: can't get /dev/console for controlling terminal: Operation not permitted
> May  9 11:33:38 merkur init: can't get /dev/console for controlling terminal: Operation not permitted
> [snip]
> 
> I crosschecked also the permissions on /dev/console. They are correct. Any 
> hints are welcome.
> 

IIRC you need this line in /etc/fbtab (or uncomment it if it's there but 
commented out) - that's what I've got and I'm sure that's why it's 
there; I don't get those errors.

/dev/ttyv0      0600    /dev/console

HTH

Mark