Users and Groups

[Frank Cox]

On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:02:32 -0600
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:

> > 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?

Then you're not using a console.

> >> 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.

That is one of the reasons behind having a console.  By definition, a remote
access terminal session is not a console.  Unix/Linux definitely does care if
you're local or remote when assigning console permissions as described above.

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