RE: AW: AW: VT switch - console DOS-Attack??

[fu k. <fu...@ho...>]

Hi!

>I think only the root user can switch VTs... (or am I wrong here?)

Any user can use setuid X11 (which is common) to "try" to switch VTs, which 
is normally just fine.
But as soon as it is abused, than it is fun no more.... :(

best regards,
fu ke





>From: "Unger Richard" <ric...@te...>
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>Hi!
>
>Yeah, although I don't think it is quite so bad - I think only the root 
>user can switch VTs... (or am I wrong here?)
>
>Richard
>