From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 10 14:37:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA05203 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 14:37:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA05192 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 14:37:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.5/8.7.5) id PAA05737; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 15:36:55 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199706102136.PAA05737@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: permissions on /dev/console To: zgabor@CoDe.hu (Zahemszky Gabor) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 15:36:50 -0600 (MDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199706091223.OAA00538@CoDe.hu> from "Zahemszky Gabor" at Jun 9, 97 02:23:09 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Somebody asked: % 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. Gabor replied: > 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). Make sure your kernel is configured with: options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console This will allow any user to grab the console, so xterm -C and xconsole will work. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com