Lisi Reisz wrote: > That is a real question. $USER doesn't appear to need root rights to > access a different VT.
I wrote: > Input to an un-logged-in active VT is collected by a copy of getty > running as root. Neal writes: > If there's a getty running on it. Thus "active" VT. > If you have read access to /dev/tty60... I don't. I'm not root. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA