Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 09:03:21 +1000 (EST) From: David Dawes <dawes@physics.usyd.edu.au> To: rpt@miles.sso.loral.com (Richard Toren) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/console & xconsole Message-ID: <199508062303.AA21733@physics.su.oz.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950806142037.12652A-100000@miles> from "Richard Toren" at Aug 6, 95 02:25:22 pm
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>Is there some magic I need to work to get xconsole to be able >to open the console from my .xinitrc in 2.05? Did some characteristic of >/dev/console change? > >It works if started manually after an 'su'. Current permissions are: > ></dev># ll /usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole >-rwsr-xr-x 1 root bin 16384 May 8 20:00 /usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole ></dev># ll /dev/console >crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 0 Aug 6 11:53 /dev/console I don't know the answer to your problem, but having xconsole setuid-root is a mistake security-wise. David
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