Re: change /dev/console owner to user logged on console?
On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 09:19:48AM -0400, Marc D Ronell wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Under Debian, is there a method which allows any user directly logged
> onto the host and using the host's keyboard and monitor to take
> ownership of some that host's devices? For example, to change the
> ownership of /dev/xconsole or /dev/fd0 to be owned by the user
> currently logged directly onto the host. Then when the user logs off,
> the ownerships revert to their default values until the next user logs
> directly on the host. Remote users do not change the device ownership
> properties.
Why would you want to do this? Why do you want "remote" users to be
treated any different than "local" ones?
Debian dynamically creates whatever devices that are neccessary when
you log in (e.g., /dev/pts/)
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