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From: Robin Lunn <robin@is.co.za>
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Subject: Re: /dev/console
To: nik@blueberry.co.uk (Nik Clayton)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 14:36:46 +0200 (GMT)
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In-Reply-To: <199604231153.MAA09466@plum.blueberry.co.uk> from "Nik Clayton" at Apr 23, 96 12:53:26 pm
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Nik Clayton wrote:
> Does anyone have the correct permissions for /dev/console handy. Programs
> like xconsole (or xterm -C) have never worked for me.
> 
> At the moment, /dev/console is
> 
>     crw-------  1 root  wheel    0,   0 Apr 23 11:09 /dev/console
> 
> which is obviously wrong. All I really want is for console messages to
> come up in one of my xterms when in X (which I start with 'startx', not
> xdm).

These permissions are fine.  In order to get xconsole working add yourself to
the "operator" group by editing /etc/group.  As an "operator" you can access
the stiffy drive, shut the machine down and run xconsole without having to su
or be root.

Regards,
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