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Date:      Wed, 24 Apr 1996 12:31:52 +1000 (EST)
From:      HMG coA reductase <s_koyin@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>
To:        Igor Vinokurov <igor@cs.ibank.ru>
Cc:        robin@is.co.za, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /dev/console
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.91.960424123101.3879B-100000@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>
In-Reply-To: <317CFB7A.41C67EA6@cs.ibank.ru>

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try to set the setuid bit on /usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole. ie:
chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole

Ivan

On Tue, 23 Apr 1996, Igor Vinokurov wrote:

> > > > These permissions are fine.  In order to get xconsole working add yourself to
> > > > the "operator" group by editing /etc/group.  As an "operator" you can access
> > > > the stiffy drive, shut the machine down and run xconsole without having to su
> > > > or be root.
> 
>   Look:
> 
> [radix:~]:110> id
> uid=1000(igor) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff), 0(wheel), 5(operator)
> [radix:~]:111> ls -la /dev/console 
> crw-rw----  1 root  operator    0,   0 Apr 23 19:43 /dev/console
> [radix:~]:112> 
> 
>   xconsole tell to me: "Couldn't open console". Why?
> 



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