Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 13:47:44 +0200 (MET DST) From: Zahemszky Gabor <zgabor@CoDe.hu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (FreeBSD questions) Subject: Re: permissions on /dev/console Message-ID: <199706111147.NAA00528@CoDe.hu> In-Reply-To: <199706102136.PAA05737@xmission.xmission.com> from Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC at "Jun 10, 97 03:36:50 pm"
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> 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.
Well, in my 2.1.5, I have UCONSOLE in kernel, but have to be the
owner of the file. I tried, with chown root:tty /dev/console (in my kernel,
there is UCONSOLE), but neither xterm -C, nor xconsole cannot work. So I
have to explicitly chown <myloginname> /dev/console, to work. It's in the
xterm manual, but nothing about it in xconsole's man.
Gabor
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