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From: Zahemszky Gabor <zgabor@CoDe.hu>
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Subject: Re: permissions on /dev/console
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (FreeBSD questions)
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 14:23:09 +0200 (MET DST)
Cc: rpt@sso.wdl.lmco.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.970605211444.23406A-100000@hps> from Richard Toren at "Jun 5, 97 09:18:28 pm"
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> Folks,
>   I am trying to arrange to see my console messages. This is 2.2.1R.
> the /dev/console is 
> 
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel    0,   0 Jun  5 21:18 /dev/console
> 
> Xterm -C never picks up anytrhing, and xconsole says it can not open 
> the console. This looks like a permissions problem. What should they
> be; and who should be the owner. Whne I exit from Xwindows, I find
> all the messages on the tty screen where I logged in.

If I remember right, you have to be the OWNER of /dev/console, to grab it
with xconsole or xterm -C.  So man 5 fbtab (or change it with chown).

Gabor
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