*- On 20 Nov, Chia-Sheng Chang wrote about "xconsole problem" > Hi, all, > I run xdm on my computer but every time I login, xconsole always > responses "can not open console". How to solve this?? >
% ls -l /dev/xconsole 0 prw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Nov 20 08:30 /dev/xconsole| I fixed it by adding my user to the adm group. I don't know the reasononing behind having xconsole as group adm though. It is the only device in /dev with that group ownership. Remember that passwords and other private info can be put on the logs so don't make it world readable. -- Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
