Messages to the console

[Jesse R. Buckley Jr.]

On Nov 26, 16:10, iis!venkat%sun.com at nisc.nyser.net wrote:
} I have a process running in the background at all times which performs certain
} tasks. How can my process write messages to the system console irrespective 
} of who owns /dev/console? Any responses will be appreciated. 
} 
}-- End of excerpt from iis!venkat%sun.com at nisc.nyser.net

  Simple, just make your process Set uid root.

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