Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:35:39 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strike three, you're out Message-ID: <20011012203539.B887E3808@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <xzppu7skhm8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> writes: > > On 12 Oct 2001, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > > Remove UCONSOLE from kernel config. This has been discussed to death > > > several times on the lists. > > That only prevents non-root from triggering the bug. > > True. The only thing I know of that uses TIOCCONS apart from > sysinstall is xconsole, but now that I think of it, xconsole does run > as root if you use xdm. I guess the best way to avoid triggering this > panic is to remove the UCONSOLE option from the kernel *and* comment > out the xconsole line from /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0. The default xdm config is really hosed. You also should remove the chown/chmod of /dev/console as well. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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