Re: [Tails-dev] console-setup in tails

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Max wrote (18 Sep 2011 11:27:36 GMT) :
>>> Is there way to spawn some command on particular tty from X?
>>> Am I doing smth wrong or maybe there's some way to workaround this issue?
>>
>> No solution on the top of my head, unfortunately.


> One possible workaround would be to spit setupcon into .profile in
> user's directory but this will work only if user have set password
> (setupcon require sudo).


Although ugly, passwordless sudo limited to the needed command might
do the job. A solution in this class would need to be audited a bit,
though. Which would take as much time as finding a proper solution.

Speaking of a proper solution, iirc the Squeeze graphical Debian
Installer is based on XOrg; it probably has a way to solve this
problem.

> On the other hand we can always document this behavior and pretend
> that people who are interested in localized console are so
> technically advanced that they will inevitably set password :)


Setting a password, although it can be useful or even needed, lowers
the security of the system. So I don't think there's strong
relationship you're suggesting between "technically advanced" and
"willing to setup sudo credentials". Yeah, I know, you were joking :)

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