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From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: xconsole - /dev/console
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Is there a way to allow a normal user to use xconsole or would
opening /dev/console to the world compromise security?


--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de