From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 9 16:17:46 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id QAA17856 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 16:17:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id QAA17846 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 16:17:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA01580; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 16:17:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 16:17:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Christoph Kukulies cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: xconsole - /dev/console In-Reply-To: <199612091607.RAA09461@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 9 Dec 1996, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > Is there a way to allow a normal user to use xconsole or would > opening /dev/console to the world compromise security? ? People have to run startx or log into a xdm-controlled terminal, so they're authenticated. The console is inherently insecure as the three finger salute works from there. They also probably have access to the power switch, so being really picky about console security isn't very worthwhile unless the machine is locked in a safe. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major