I need to be able to change permissions of /dev/consctl , and I get a permission denied. term% ls -l /dev/consctl ----------- M 111 glenda glenda 0 Jan 2 03:30 /dev/consctl term% chmod 0700 /dev/consctl chmod: can't wstat /dev/consctl: permission denied term% chmod 0200 /dev/consctl chmod: can't wstat /dev/consctl: permission denied Long story: I'm emulating Plan9 with qemu, and to get an internet connection I do the following in Plan9: ip/ipconfig ndb/dns -r ndb/cs I know that with this, ICMP will not be working, but `telnet tcp!www.google.com!80` should work: term% telnet tcp!www.google.com!80 connected to tcp!www.google.com!80 on /net/tcp/1 can't open consctl: '/dev/consctl' permission denied can't open consctl: '/dev/consctl' permission denied I might be going in a whole different direction as to how to get an internet connection in plan9 under qemu. But I'm lost. - Yosyp