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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: help sought - securing a terminal/line
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Date: 6 Aug 90 16:26:09 GMT
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In article <13089.26b57b8d@qut.edu.au> cszrhodes@qut.edu.au writes:
>I need to secure a terminal (under HP_UX) in such a way that, when a person
>comes up and turns that terminal (and only that terminal) on, some application
>program is automatically invoked (e.g. oracle).

Under Unix-like OS's, you can run any program you like in place of the login
by modifying the /etc/inittab file.  Under Xenix there is a somewhat obscure
thing you can do in /etc/gettydefs to cause a program besides getty to run.

Someone else posted something about /etc/ttys.  I think the above info is
correct.

Paul Chamberlain | I do NOT represent IBM         tif@doorstop, sc30661@ausvm6
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