syslog ... was Re: UNIX question

Rather than writing to "/dev/console", the preferred method is to use the "syslog" facility and the "logger" command. Check your man pages. "syslog" will allow you to write to the console, and /var/adm/messages, and email, and a centralized network log, etc.. The "logger" command will accept input from a pipe. This will also avoid having to use "setuid". ...Terry. Ian Clark wrote in message <350f870c.505650264@news.demon.co.uk>... >On Tue, 17 Mar 1998 14:03:55 -0500, Steve Romankiw ><sromankiw@execrisk.com> wrote: > >> >>As root, you can send messages to the console by typing "echo hello > >>/dev/console". >>When I try this as any user besides root, I get a message similar to >>"/dev/console: cannot create". >>