Brad wrote: > > On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 03:47:53PM +0200, Vitux wrote: > > Previously (in slink, 4 days ago), Xconsole was run when > > launching fvwm. Now, it doesn't start automagically, and gives > > an error: Couldn't open console when I start it manually. > > I find it quite annoying; I've gotten used to keeping an eye > > on the modem when dialing and my ailing /dev/hdc (old WD > > drive). > > The automatic running of xconsole was removed in 3.3.6-1, because it's > somewhat of a security hole (see > http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?archive=yes&bug=40745). If > you want it back, you can either add your user to whatever group owns > /dev/xconsole or edit the appropriate file in /etc/X11/xdm/ > > -- I see. Security isn't such a big issue on this stand-alone home-use box, but anyway: how do I find out which group owns /dev/xconsole? Thanks for the enlightenment! Regards Vitux
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