In article <4296C5C0.4030409@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tomko <tomko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi everyone,
Which device is /dev/console pointing to ? or is it a virtual device ? Actually why this node is made?
See linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt
Why kernel default not providing a control terminal on /dev/console but on other device ?
Because some daemons open /dev/console to send last resort error
messages to, and you do not want them to unexpectedly gain a
controlling tty.
It is not surprising that we can use CTRL-C to terminate some process on i386 linux on the Desktop machine, is that mean the shell on our desktop is not using /dev/console ? so where are the shell running on?
/dev/tty1, /dev/tty2 etc
Mike.
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