Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 19:25:34 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xconsole broken in recent 4.3-RC? Message-ID: <200104030226.f332Q5K41000@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Apr 2001 22:17:30 EDT." <20010402221730.B15104@pir.net>
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In message <20010402221730.B15104@pir.net>, Peter Radcliffe writes: > Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> probably > said: > > GiveConsole should contain: > > chown root /dev/console > > Errrm, are you sure that's what you meant ? > > xconsole checks if /dev/console belongs to to the user running it, > last I checked, so you need; > > chown $USER /dev/console You are correct. My machines at work are configured as in your example. One of my machines at home is misconfigured. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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