How to disable the virtual consoles in RHEL 6.1?

Curiosity42 · 02-18-2013, 12:57 PM

How can I disable the virtual consoles (<Ctrl><Alt><F1> to <Ctrl><Alt><F6>) in RHEL 6.1?
Is it enough to comment out (put a # in front of) the line ACTIVE_CONSOLES=/dev/tty[1-6] in the file /etc/sysconfig/init?

John VV · 02-18-2013, 01:50 PM

why ?
you will need them to fix a busted system

Curiosity42 · 02-18-2013, 02:10 PM

I do not want that users can initiate virtual consoles.
Can I disable them for users and leave it for root?

custangro · 02-19-2013, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Curiosity42

I do not want that users can initiate virtual consoles.
Can I disable them for users and leave it for root?

You should take a look at the /etc/security/acces.conf file