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From: ebrill@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Edward Brill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: autoexecution of a program by tty
Summary: can getty run a program?
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.143204.27014@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 91 14:32:04 GMT
Reply-To: ebrill@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Edward Brill)
Organization: Florists Transworld Delivery Association
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The main function of the UNIX system I 'run' is a Bulletin-Board type
application.  In order to get to the app, users log in with a generic
bbs user-id.  All such users come in through x.25 circuits, and internal
users are on dialups or direct connects.

Is there any way that I can tell xgetty that any connect to an x.25 tty
should automatically run the BBS (or at least a shell program)?  Since all
users have to log in as bbs, I'd rather they be able to skip that step.

Thoughts are appreciated.


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