on Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:18:29PM -0800, Brian Nelson (nelson@bignachos.com) wrote: > "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes: > > > on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 10:54:16PM -0800, briand@zipcon.net (briand@zipcon.net) wrote: > > > > > > I've noticed that the default persmissions on xconsole are : > > > > > > ~ $ ls -l /dev/xconsole > > > prw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Dec 11 22:52 /dev/xconsole > > > > > > When I start xconsole in my xsession file it can't access xconsole. > > > > > > What is the proper way to set permissions. Should I make interested > > > users part of the adm group ? > > > > > > I've read in some deja posts that xdm takes care of this, but I use > > > startx. > > > > Either add your user to the 'adm' group, or run xdm sudo root. > > > > Another alternative, one that I prefer, is to use xconsole. I invoke > > this via a script, using sudo: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > /usr/bin/xrootconsole -fg grey60 -geometry 80x52-40+68 --wrap /dev/xconsole & > > I've never used xconsole before, and I'm curious what shows up in it? > The man page says, "The xconsole program displays messages which are > usually sent to /dev/console," but what kind of messages are sent > there? Various logging messages. As configured in /etc/syslog.conf. > And a second question: If you don't run xconsole, where do these > messages show up? tty1? No. They're sent to the pipe but not displayed. It's an adjunct, not a replacement, logging facility. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free We freed Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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