On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Les Mikesell wrote: > Frank Cox wrote: > > > > > What's a console > > > > The keyboard/monitor that's locally attached to the system (server). > > What if you don't use that (or the box doesn't have them) and instead always > connect via X/freenx/ssh? > > > > and what does it have to do with a unix-like system? > > > > Among other things, the console user has (or can have) special permissions > > that > > are set by /etc/security/console.perms and /etc/security/console.perms.d/ > > Seems like a really, really bad idea for an operating system that > permits remote access and doesn't care where you are. but the fact that you have a port on which you can log in from a remote location doesn't necessarily make that the "console." so i don't see the problem here. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================
