Re: xconsole problem
On 20/11/99 Brian Servis wrote: I fixed it by adding my user to the adm group. I don't know the reasononing behind having xconsole as group adm though. It is the only device in /dev with that group ownership. Remember that passwords and other private info can be put on the logs so don't make it world readable. normally xconsole is run as root so everyone can see what goes into /dev/xconsole anyway. I shut this off because I think its a bad idea. /etc/X11/xdm/xdm.options comment out the line `run-xconsole' same way for wdm just subsitute xdm for wdm. I do think that letting users see certain messages is a good thing, such as kernel messages about media errors on a device, say the CDROM, but what is being tossed into /dev/xconsole for everyone to see though the root owned xconsole process (very bad! don't run stuff like that as root!) is way too much. IMParanoidO anyway. Best Regards, Ethan Benson To obtain my PGP key: http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/pgp/
Re: xconsole problem
*- On 20 Nov, Chia-Sheng Chang wrote about xconsole problem Hi, all, I run xdm on my computer but every time I login, xconsole always responses can not open console. How to solve this?? % ls -l /dev/xconsole 0 prw-r-1 root adm 0 Nov 20 08:30 /dev/xconsole| I fixed it by adding my user to the adm group. I don't know the reasononing behind having xconsole as group adm though. It is the only device in /dev with that group ownership. Remember that passwords and other private info can be put on the logs so don't make it world readable. -- Brian Servis -- Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
Re: xconsole problem
On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Ken Gaugler wrote: Still cannot seem to get xconsole to work properly. Appreciate any suggestions anyone can offer. I use xdm, which gives the usual login screen. There is also usually a blank window at the lower right side of the screen on the xdm login screen. This is not normal, I don't think. When I actually log in, the xclock, xcal and a couple of xterms start up, as well as a xconsole window. These are all specified in my .xsession. The line in my .xsession that invokes xconsole is: xconsole -exitOnFail -g 490x200-20-50 A second or so after the xconsole window opens, it minimizes to an icon. There is no information in the xconsole window. If I use the command 'xconsole ' I get another xconsole window, with the message Couldn't open console in it. Does any of this make sense? What should I be looking for to get this working? It makes sense. You need to give the -file option to xconsole. Try something like this: xconsole -file /dev/xconsole -geometry 864x85+156+663 -daemon -notify -exitOnFail -fn fixed (all on one line) Syrus. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Syrus Nemat-Nasser [EMAIL PROTECTED]UCSD Physics Dept.
RE: xconsole problem
Nathan == Nathan L Cutler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nathan When I run 'xconsole' as a non-root user, I get the Nathan following message (inside the xconsole window): [...] Nathan Anybody have any idea what to do with this conundrum? 8-8 $ ls -l /dev/xconsole prw-rw-rw- 1 root root0 Dec 30 08:13 /dev/xconsole 8-8 (clipped from /etc/syslog.conf): 8-8 # The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the `xconsole' utility. To use it, # you must invoke `xconsole' with the `-file' option: # #$ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...] local2.*;auth.*;daemon.*;mail.*;news.crit;news.err;news.notice;*.=debug;*.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;cron.none |/dev/xconsole 8-8 ... Does that help? __ _Karl M. Hegbloom [EMAIL PROTECTED] / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / Portland, OR, USA / /__| | | | | |_| | Proudly running Linux 2.0.27 transname \/_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ and Debian GNU public software! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
