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From: dklann@heurikon.UUCP (David Klann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Unix pc questions
Summary: I'll be posting the complete package soon.
Keywords: init rc getty run-control
Message-ID: <349@heurikon.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 89 14:33:26 GMT
References: <869@umb.umb.edu>
Reply-To: dklann@heurikon.UUCP (David Klann)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Heurikon Corp., Madison WI
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In article <869@umb.umb.edu> rouilj@umb.UUCP (John P. Rouillard) has:
>Just a few questions on the unix-pc:
>1)  Does anybody have inittab entries for init level 1. Single user
>    mode. I don't relly care if the windowing system is running or not.
I just found the key to this last night.  I'll be posting a (somewhat)
complete System V.[23] initialization environment in the next few days.
Single user is windowed, but can be non-windowed with a single change to
/etc/inittab (I prefer vi(1) to ed(1) :-).

>2) If phtoggle doen't work to start and stop a getty (unix 3.5 sigh)
>   on a phone line, is there another way of doing it that will update
>   the status line so that people can see that they are not going to 
>   be getting any calls?
Been a long time since I used UA and friends.  I can't answer this.
I do, however, recommend scrapping it in favor of one or another of
the window managers that have been posted (I use Scott Hazen Mueller's).
I'll send details if you're interested.

>3) I have created /etc/issue and am tyring to get the text in that
>   file to show up on the screen with the getty prompt.
>   [ text deleted ]
Your assumption is correct.  During my quest for single user, I played with
this a bit... getty(1M) has been hacked.

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