Users and Groups
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Fri Dec 7 22:02:32 UTC 2007
Frank Cox wrote:
>
>> What's a console
>
> The keyboard/monitor that's locally attached to the system (server).
What if you don't use that (or the box doesn't have them) and instead
always connect via X/freenx/ssh?
>> and what does it have to do with a unix-like system?
>
> Among other things, the console user has (or can have) special permissions that
> are set by /etc/security/console.perms and /etc/security/console.perms.d/
Seems like a really, really bad idea for an operating system that
permits remote access and doesn't care where you are.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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