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From: sct60a.sunyct.edu!buck@sct60a.sunyct.edu (Jesse R. Buckley Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Messages to the console
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Date: 27 Nov 90 03:15:51 GMT
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On Nov 26, 16:10, iis!venkat%sun.com@nisc.nyser.net wrote:
} I have a process running in the background at all times which performs certain
} tasks. How can my process write messages to the system console irrespective 
} of who owns /dev/console? Any responses will be appreciated. 
} 
}-- End of excerpt from iis!venkat%sun.com@nisc.nyser.net

  Simple, just make your process Set uid root.

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