G. T. Francisco, III wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 11:46:58AM -0600, Jason Guidry said:
>
>>This is my new favorite trick. you can even do this while you're logged in.
>>
>>type Ctrl-Alt-Fx where x is a number 1-6. this will bring you to one of the 6 text
>only cosoles. hit Ctrl-Alt-F9 to get back to X.
>>
>>
> Thanks. I'm aware of that but I wanted to know how to get back to a
> command line from my current session.
>
> Cheers,
>
Hmm.
I don't know about linux specifically, but the Solaris login screen has
this same 'command-line' feature.
The way it works in Solaris is that if 'root' (or anyone really) was
logged in on the console and started the login screen manually, then
the 'commandline' option is disabled for security reasons ( anyone
could walk up to the machine and become the user that is logged in
underneath.) This option is *only* available when the login screen
is started automatically at bootup by init.
Maybe early releases didn't have this security 'feature'???
-kyle
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