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Date:      Mon, 02 Apr 2001 19:25:34 -0700
From:      Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
To:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xconsole broken in recent 4.3-RC? 
Message-ID:  <200104030226.f332Q5K41000@cwsys.cwsent.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Apr 2001 22:17:30 EDT." <20010402221730.B15104@pir.net> 

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In message <20010402221730.B15104@pir.net>, Peter Radcliffe writes:
> Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> probably
>  said:
> > GiveConsole should contain:
> > chown root /dev/console
> 
> Errrm, are you sure that's what you meant ?
> 
> xconsole checks if /dev/console belongs to to the user running it,
> last I checked, so you need;
> 
> chown $USER /dev/console

You are correct.  My machines at work are configured as in your 
example.  One of my machines at home is misconfigured.


Regards,                         Phone:  (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert                        Fax:  (250)387-5766
Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team   Internet:  Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca
Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA
Province of BC



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