Re: question about /dev/console and /dev/tty

[Miquel van Smoorenburg]

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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