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From: ted@bangles.sgi.com (Ted Wilcox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Preventing remote graphics use
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Date: 25 Oct 89 23:38:28 GMT
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In article <Oct.24.20.19.40.1989.26786@topaz.rutgers.edu> elkins@topaz.rutgers.edu (George Elkins) writes:
>Idea: whenever a person logs in thru the console, just
>	chmod go-w /dev/console
>and then only the current console login can write to
>that device.  Would this work?

Nope.  This would only prevent anyone else from sending text to the
console wsh window on the screen.  Everyone would still have access to any
graphics program.

Ted.
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