Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:41:00 +0200 | From | Erik Mouw <> | Subject | Re: Fork and Exec a process within the kernel |
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On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 07:24:42AM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Erik Mouw wrote: > > Please don't mislead newbies, Richard. /dev/console is NOT a link to > > /dev/tty0, it's a completely different device: > > > > erik@abra2:~ >ls -l /dev/console > > crw------- 1 root tty 5, 1 Apr 7 09:13 /dev/console > > erik@abra2:~ >ls -l /dev/tty0 > > crw------- 1 root tty 4, 0 Feb 10 2000 /dev/tty0 > > > > Bullshit. I know how to use `file`. > > Script started on Wed Aug 11 07:21:39 2004 > # file /dev/console > /dev/console: symbolic link to /dev/tty0
It might be a symlink on your machine, but that doesn't mean it's the right way. For almost 7 years, /dev/console is a separate device, not a symlink. Here's the relevant section from Documentation/devices.txt:
The console device, /dev/console, is the device to which system messages should be sent, and on which logins should be permitted in single-user mode. Starting with Linux 2.1.71, /dev/console is managed by the kernel; for previous versions it should be a symbolic link to either /dev/tty0, a specific virtual console such as /dev/tty1, or to a serial port primary (tty*, not cu*) device, depending on the configuration of the system.
Linux-2.1.71 was released on December 4, 1997. In your signature you claim to run linux-2.4.26. Please update your system.
Erik
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