Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:34:51 -0400 From: Jeff Blank <jb000002@mr-happy.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: can't see non-root writes to /dev/console Message-ID: <20080910203445.GA8561@mr-happy.com>
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I just upgraded a RELENG_7 (amd64) box from 20080714 to "latest" (which seems to be from a few days ago--no changes from Monday morning's csup to today's) and can no longer see the effect of writing to /dev/console as non-root. When I log in using xdm, my user owns /dev/console, mode 0622 (-rw--w--w-), and I start an 'xterm -C'. But when I, for example, echo foo > /dev/console I see nothing in the console xterm. No error messages, and echo exits 0. If I su to root and do the same, I get 'foo' in the same console xterm. Syslog messages to /dev/console also appear, of course. All the above applies to xconsole as well, not just xterm. I did recompile xterm from 20080616 ports, but it didn't fix the issue (didn't expect it to, as xterm clearly has no trouble attaching and reading). So my echo is getting lost in the kernel, I guess. Known problem? Intentional change? Something else? thanks, Jeff
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