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From: kenn@daikichi.uucp (Ken Nakata)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: xconsole
Date: 9 Jun 1997 19:53:49 GMT
Organization: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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In article <339C495D.2246@dma.epfl.ch>,
Nicolas MOERI  <moeri@dma.epfl.ch> wrote:
> 
> - The console cannot be redirected in a X console window when I'm not
> root. (I've set the setuid and the setgid of xconsole to root and
> anybody can write on the console).
> 
> - Even if X manages to open a X console (when I'm root), after a su
> root, message are sent both in the X console window and on the screen,
> which scroll the screen.

The answers are found in the NetBSD/mac68k FAQ written by Colin Wood:

http://www.macbsd.com/macbsd/macbsd-docs/

There are other useful information, so you really should go read the
docs there.

Cheers,

Ken