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>1.1. What is a console?</H1
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>The console is the text output device for system
   administration messages.  These messages come from the kernel, from
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>On modern small computers the console is usually the
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>On many older computers the console is an
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   is in a locked room and is continually observed by the
   minicomputer's operators.  Large systems from Sun, Hewlett-Packard
   and <SPAN
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>It is usually possible to login from the console.  A login
   session from the console is treated by many parts of the operating
   system as being more trustworthy than a login session from other
   sources.  Logging in as the <SPAN
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   the Command Line of Last Resort when faced with a misbehaving
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