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<BR> <HR><A NAME=tex2html3006 HREF="node99.html"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="next" SRC="next_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME=tex2html3004 HREF="node95.html"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="up" SRC="up_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME=tex2html2998 HREF="node97.html"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="previous" SRC="previous_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME=tex2html3008 HREF="node1.html"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="contents" SRC="contents_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME=tex2html3009 HREF="node250.html"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="index" SRC="index_motif.gif"></A> <BR>
<B> Next:</B> <A NAME=tex2html3007 HREF="node99.html">3.2.4 Shells and commands</A>
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<H2><A NAME=SECTION00523000000000000000>3.2.3 Virtual consoles</A></H2>
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<A NAME=1834>&#160;</A>
<A NAME=1835>&#160;</A>
The system's <b>console</b> is the monitor and keyboard connected directly
to the system. (Because UNIX is a multiuser operating system, you may
have other terminals connected to serial ports on your system, but these
would not be the console.) Linux, like some other versions of UNIX, provides
access to <b>virtual consoles</b> (or VC's), which allow you to have more than
one login session from your console at a time.
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To demonstrate this, login to your system (as demonstrated above). Now,
press <IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="img97.gif">. You should see the <tt>login:</tt> prompt again. You're
looking at the second virtual console---you logged into the first. To
switch back to the first VC, press <IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="img98.gif">. <em>Voila!</em> You're
back to your first login session.
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A newly-installed Linux system probably allows you to access the first
four VC's, using <IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="img99.gif"> through <IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="img100.gif">. However, it is
possible to enable up to 12 VC's---one for each function key on your
keyboard. As you can see, use of VC's can be very powerful---you can
be working on several different VC's at once.
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While the use of VC's is somewhat limiting (after all, you can only
be looking at one VC at a time), it should give you a feel for UNIX's
multiuser capabilities. While you're working on VC #1, you
can switch over to VC #2 and start working on something else.
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<B> Next:</B> <A NAME=tex2html3007 HREF="node99.html">3.2.4 Shells and commands</A>
<B>Up:</B> <A NAME=tex2html3005 HREF="node95.html">3.2 Basic UNIX Concepts</A>
<B> Previous:</B> <A NAME=tex2html2999 HREF="node97.html">3.2.2 Logging in</A>
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<I>Matt Welsh <BR>
mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</I>
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