On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:02:32 -0600 Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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? Then you're not using a console. > >> 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. That is one of the reasons behind having a console. By definition, a remote access terminal session is not a console. Unix/Linux definitely does care if you're local or remote when assigning console permissions as described above. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
