> > Apparently VT_GETSTATE doesn't work when you're under X (returns EINVAL)... > > I hadn't tried it outside of X and there it does work as a non-root > user. but in X I get: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fgconsole > Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo fgconsole > 9 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo -u dberg fgconsole > Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > On both my ubuntu and debian box. > > Perhaps its just environment, but why would it work for a non-root > outside X, for root using either su or sudo in X, but not a non-root > in X wether sudo is used or not?
Ah, now I understand. When running an application (or shell) directly on the console, the fd you call the ioctl() on afterwards can be obtained via "/dev/tty" (which is an alias for "the controlling terminal of the current process, if any") - and this, of course, can be opened without restrictions. For applications under X, the controlling teminal typically is something like /dev/pts/X, which doesn't accept VT ioctl()s... so the only remaining possibility is to open /dev/console itself - but that has ownership/permission 0:0 0620. Regards, Jan -- Jan C. Nordholz <jckn At gmx net>
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