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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: VT Initialization
Message-ID: <1991Mar05.175251.15013@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 5 Mar 91 17:52:51 GMT
References: <1991Mar1.165607.10590@mccc.edu>
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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In article <1991Mar1.165607.10590@mccc.edu> pjh@mccc.edu (me) writes:

>My login shell is ksh and my .profile has SHELL=/bin/ksh.  However,
>when I Alt-SysRq-Fx, I have to invoke ksh manually.  Is there a way to

You need to edit /etc/default/login and add the line ALTSHELL=YES
to tell login that it is OK to put your real shell's name into
the environment instead of pretending it is something else.

Now what I'd like is a way to (a) automatically start up an assortment
of things on the different VT's when I log in, and (b) a way to
access them (saved screen and all) from a dial-up or network login.

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us