[olug] am I at the console?

[Theodore Katseres]

On 3/24/06, Phil Brutsche <phil at brutsche.us> wrote:
> Theodore Katseres wrote:
> > On 3/24/06, thelarsons3 at cox.net <thelarsons3 at cox.net> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I want a shell script to check if it's being run at the console, so
> >> it can act differently than it would in a virtual/remote terminal.
> >> Is this possible?  A portable (cross-Unix) solution would be great,
> >> but I'll take anything.
> >
> > tty
> >
> > Capture the output and check for /dev/pty
>
> I think you'll find that virtually all Linux systems will say "/dev/pts"
> for a telnet/ssh session these days.  The rare exception will be the
> cases where
>
> a) It's an ooooold installation and
> b) Someone upgraded it to a 2.2.x or newer kernel at one point and
> c) Neglected to upgrade to glibc v2.1 or newer
>
> > if that's true then its a remote console
> >
> > Works for Linux and AIX

ops! ... I keep forgetting times have changed :)

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Ted Katseres
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