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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!brighton.openmarket.com!decwrl!pa.dec.com!depot.mro.dec.com!rtnews.rto.dec.com!news From: Lars Hofhansl <lars@hboix1.enet.dec.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Xconsole Problem!!!!! Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 15:34:16 +0100 Organization: Digital Equipment GmbH Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3152BA68.41C6@hboix1.enet.dec.com> References: <4in0r7$aff@ustsu10.ust.hk> NNTP-Posting-Host: hbfsap.hbf.dec.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; OSF1 V3.2 alpha) Calvin Leung wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have some problem with xconsole that running in FreeBSD2.1.0. > It said I can't open /dev/console. However, I find that the user > can't have ownership with /dev/console. Even with "option UCONSOLE" > have appear in the config file of the kernel. > > Calvin. I'm not sure if I uderstood you right... but /dev/console can only be openened by the user who own the device-file. Even root cannot open it when it is owned by another user ! If you use XDM to start the x-session the ownership for /dev/console it automatically set properly ! 'hope that helped, Lars