Re: How to tell if I'm logged on from console?
On Wed, May 13, 1998 at 01:17:25AM -0400, Will Lowe wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > > Anybody got any way for a script to tell if
> > > 1) I'm logged onto the console
> >
> > Well, if `tty` matches /tty\d/ is probably best.
>
> Well, yes, except that I might be on from the console on /dev/tty3 ...
> all I really care about is that I'm sitting physically in front of
> computer, so that /dev/tty{whatever} is actually connected to my monitor
> and keyboard rather than being a serial line or an ethernet line...
Yes, that's why I said /tty\d/ -- if you're on the console,
`tty` will always be /dev/ttyX, rather than /dev/ttypX, /dev/ttySN etc.
Am I missing something?
Hamish
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