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тАО03-07-2005 08:04 AM
тАО03-07-2005 08:04 AM
Unix system call open(/dev/console) failed
usrv64: ./startbmp
***********************************************
* FILE: manmbin
* Unable to open console.
* Unix system call open(/dev/console) failed,
* errno(1) = Not owner
***********************************************
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тАО03-07-2005 08:13 AM
тАО03-07-2005 08:13 AM
Re: Unix system call open(/dev/console) failed
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тАО03-07-2005 08:17 AM
тАО03-07-2005 08:17 AM
Re: Unix system call open(/dev/console) failed
As root:
insf -e
If the device is missing, that command will make it return.
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тАО03-07-2005 03:17 PM
тАО03-07-2005 03:17 PM
Re: Unix system call open(/dev/console) failed
ll /dev/console
crw--w--w- 1 root tty 0 0x000000 Mar 7 10:02 /dev/console
Now the errno(1) error is:
from /usr/include/sys/errno.h:
define EPERM 1 /* Not super-user */
from man 2 errno:
[EPERM] Not owner. Typically, this error indicates an attempt to modify a file in some way forbidden except to its owner or the superuser, such as to change its mode. It is also returned for attempts by ordinary users to do things for which they need, but lack, a special privilege.
So the BMP program is trying to do something with the console (like read it) without being run by the superuser. I would not run this program as superuser until you contact the manufacturer to see why this error is being reported.
Bill Hassell, sysadmin
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тАО05-18-2018 11:32 PM
тАО05-18-2018 11:32 PM
Re: Unix system call open(/dev/console) failed
Hi All,
Please check the permission of the console and check if its not overwritten.
crw--w---- 1 root tty 0, 0 May 19 18:30 cn@0:console
We faced a similar issue in which the permission got overwritten by a user wrongly. When the permission was reverted the issue got resolved.
Regards,
Ramcy