Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 18:42:31 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su problem Message-ID: <4475EC87.5070602@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060525163320.GT13228@saturn.pcs.ms> References: <20060525163320.GT13228@saturn.pcs.ms>
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Martin Schweizer wrote: > Hello > > If I su from user martin to root or from user martin to martin (for testing) I > get this errors in /var/log/messages: > > [snip] > May 9 11:33:08 merkur init: can't get /dev/console for controlling terminal: Operation not permitted > May 9 11:33:38 merkur init: can't get /dev/console for controlling terminal: Operation not permitted > [snip] > > I crosschecked also the permissions on /dev/console. They are correct. Any > hints are welcome. > IIRC you need this line in /etc/fbtab (or uncomment it if it's there but commented out) - that's what I've got and I'm sure that's why it's there; I don't get those errors. /dev/ttyv0 0600 /dev/console HTH Mark
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