What access does the first user logged onto a physical console have in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
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Device Ownership
Red Hat Enterprise Linux allows the first user to log in on the physical console of the machine the ability to manipulate some devices and perform some tasks normally reserved for the root user. This is controlled by a PAM module called pam_console.so, which is called by login or the graphical login programs, gdm
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