From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 24 14:40:21 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id OAA26207 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 24 Feb 1995 14:40:21 -0800 Received: from server.iadfw.net (root@server.iadfw.net [204.178.72.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA26201 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 1995 14:40:19 -0800 Received: from localhost (jbryant@localhost) by server.iadfw.net (8.6.5/8.6.6) id PAA12217 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 24 Feb 1995 15:53:33 -0600 From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199502242153.PAA12217@server.iadfw.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD-current syscons bug/feature To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 15:53:32 -0600 (CST) In-Reply-To: <9502241953.AA12573@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> from "Garrett Wollman" at Feb 24, 95 02:53:23 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1231 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > From wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu Fri Feb 24 13:53:34 1995 > Subject: FreeBSD-current syscons bug/feature > > < said: > > > Shouldn't the scrollback on the console only work if there is a valid > > login at that particular /dev/ttyv* ? Logout from your console, try the > > scrollback, and think for a sec... Among other wierdness in syscons... > > I don't think so. Oft as not, what I want to see when I use > scrollback on my console is some syslog message or kernel printf that > just scrolled off the screen... > > -GAWollman Use a logging console for that stuff, or add a seperate buffer. I'm thinking of the security aspects being able to casually walk up to the console and view portions of the previous login. If it is not possible to hack in the near future, I would suggest making it a config option. Jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@server.iadfw.net, System administrator, Internet America