> I have 'xterm -C' in my .xinitrc, and I don't have to run it as root.
> As long as logging in on the console chowns /dev/console to you, you

And logging in on the console, as far as I'm aware of, is discouraged
for some reason I can't remember off hand.  I'd guess there's some
sort of security implication here.

Any clarification from security experts?

ken