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From: David Dawes <dawes@physics.usyd.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: /dev/console & xconsole
To: rpt@miles.sso.loral.com (Richard Toren)
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 09:03:21 +1000 (EST)
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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