"console" virtual group for desktop users

[Waldo Bastian]

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On Sat April 3 2004 06:58, Matthew Mastracci wrote:
> An nsswitch module could just enumerate the entries in
> /var/run/console/* and return them as part of the console group. These
> users should then have access to the given console device.
>
> Thoughts?

Assume that user A logs in, starts a background process, and logs out again. 
Now user B logs in. The background process of user A would continue to have 
the privileges associated with the console group afaik. That may be a 
problem.

Cheers,
Waldo
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