Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> All these terminals. And 'w' showed you people you'd never met and
> your friends, and they were on tty this and that. But the root user
> (or the operator account, or whatever) was sometimes logged in from
> the console. And the console was special.
>
> (I never really knew _why_ it was special. It Just Was. :))
Configuration options.
Console was the Only Terminal That Worked In Single-User Mode.
Console was often the Only Terminal That Would Allow A Root Login.
And other assorted configuration options of that type. :) Physically,
console was just a random terminal. Usually the oldest, because it
was infrequently used.
But you're right - the root cause of this thread is that Single
User Mode, for a Unix system, means 'oh my god we have to take
the computer down, it's a serious problem'.
Whereas Single User Mode, for a home computer, is the default
case.
Jenn V.
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"Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture
you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer.
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