[NTLUG:Discuss] Keyboard beeps with SuSE 9.1

[Steve Baker]

David IS Mandala wrote:
> Now that is doable but there is a slight security risk to it.
> 
> First you'll need to set the chvt command suid for root after the test
> you will want to remove the suid bit.

Ah!  I didn't know about chvt (so many 'man' pages - so little time!)

I could probably just run it from a remote login.

Thanks!

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