<[email protected]> wrote: > Neil Bothwick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 13 Mar 2015 15:16:28 -0400, German wrote: > > > > > after searching, I found the following solution to chmod tty1, > > > like so: chmod o+rw /dev/tty1 and this worked, I was able to use > > > screen as a user, however it doesn't stay permanently; after > > > reboot, I got the same problem. How to chmod tty1 so changes stay > > > permenently? Thanks > > > > /dev/tty1 is already group writeable, so you should get the same > > result by adding your user to the tty group. > > When I logged in as regular user then ownership of the tty that I > used for log in is: > > crw------- 1 wabe tty 4, 1 13. Mär 17:49 /dev/tty1 > > When I logged in as root, then owner is root (not surprising). > > crw------- 1 root tty 4, 2 13. Mär 23:47 /dev/tty2 > > Adding your user to group tty probably wouldn't resolve your problem > (not tested), because group doesn't have any rights. > > So it seems that after login you first have to chmod 770 the tty > before you do a su - user (user have to be in group tty of course).
Forget about "chmod 770". Better do a "chmod g+rw". :-) -- Regards wabe
