Today, Paul Lussier gleaned this insight:
>
> In a message dated: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:13:47 EDT
> Derek Martin said:
>
> >Run your xterm as:
> >
> > xterm -C &
> >
> >and shut off syslogd. Depending on how your system is configured, you may
> >need to change the ownership and/or permissions of /dev/console for this
> >to work.
>
> If logging in via xdm,gdm, or kdm, /dev/console *SHOULD* have the permissions
> set appropriately.
This depends greatly on what distribution you are using... RedHat and some
others does this via a PAM module. Older distributions and/or non-RedHat
distros may or may not have it.
>
> Additionally, there's usally an 'xconsole' application that has replaced
> 'xterm -C' on most versions of Unix (Linux included) and ships standard with X.
Same caveat concerning ownership and permissions applies... but otherwise
xconsole is fine. ;)
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