28 Nov
2005
28 Nov
'05
6:46 p.m.
On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 10:56 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
What's a 'console user' in the context of unix-like systems?
Whomever logs in locally to X display :0.0, if X is used, or one of the physical ttys if not -- which may include the COM port (if /dev/console is so redirected).
Red Hat assigns permissions to devices based on who logs in. Those are configured in /etc/security/console.perms. Newer udev requires additional considerations.
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