On 11/28/05, Federico Giannici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > eric wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 12:59:18 +0100, Federico Giannici proclaimed... > > > > > >>Isn't "ttyC0" the console? I'm sure that nobody is trying to log from > >>the console... > > > > > > It is the first virtual terminal on x86 architectures. Logs don't lie, so > > you might want to track it down, or see if you're flubbing passwords. > > OK, but what I want to know is: is it the PHYSICAL console of the PC? > I have it in front of me, so I can see that nobody is using it!
Yes, it's the local keyboard/display. ttyC0, ttyC1, ttyC2, etc. are the "virtual" consoles accessed from the keyboard by Ctrl-Alt-F1, C-A-F2, CA-F3, etc. A serial console would be tty00, tty01, etc. ssh logins, xterms, etc., will be ttyp0 etc. As has already been advised, check your logs, particularly authlog and secure. Andrew
