CONSOLE(4)

NAME
console - console terminal

DESCRIPTION
/dev/console is a character device with major number 4 and minor number 0, usually of mode 0622 and owner root.tty. It refers to the currently displayed virtual console terminal.

/dev/tty[1-8] are character devices for virtual console terminals, they have major number 4 and minor number 1 to 8, usually mode 0622 and owner root.tty.

FILES
/dev/console
/dev/tty[1-8]

SEE ALSO
mknod(1), chown(1), getty(1), termios(2), tty(4), ttys(4)