/* * getfd.c * * Get an fd for use with kbd/console ioctls. * We try several things because opening /dev/console will fail * if someone else used X (which does a chown on /dev/console). */ #include "config.h" #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "nls.h" #include "getfd.h" static int is_a_console(int fd) { char arg; arg = 0; return (ioctl(fd, KDGKBTYPE, &arg) == 0 && ((arg == KB_101) || (arg == KB_84))); } static int open_a_console(char *fnam) { int fd; fd = open(fnam, O_RDONLY); if (fd < 0 && errno == EACCES) fd = open(fnam, O_WRONLY); if (fd < 0) return -1; if (!is_a_console(fd)) { close(fd); return -1; } return fd; } int getfd() { static int fd = -1; if (fd >= 0) return fd; fd = open_a_console("/dev/tty"); if (fd >= 0) return fd; fd = open_a_console("/dev/tty0"); if (fd >= 0) return fd; fd = open_a_console("/dev/console"); if (fd >= 0) return fd; for (fd = 0; fd < 3; fd++) if (is_a_console(fd)) return fd; di_error ("Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console\n"); exit(1); /* total failure */ }