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From: bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: getty/uugetty -- what is the difference, really?
Message-ID: <1991May3.213826.3608@unixland.uucp>
Date: 3 May 91 21:38:26 GMT
References: <1991Apr17.130247.13241@virtech.uucp> <831@tiamat.fsc.com> <1991May3.131122.29675@cbnewsl.att.com>
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In article <1991May3.131122.29675@cbnewsl.att.com> urban@cbnewsl.att.com (john.urban) writes:
>
>In /etc/inittab, you can almost always place uugetty instead of getty on every
>line.  NOTE: Just tell uses to press return on thier keyboard to get the
>Login prompt.

I've been using 'getty' rather than 'uugetty' on ESIX Rev D.  This is
because someone told me (before I did my install) that uugetty was
either buggy, problematic, or a security hole, I forget which.  Is
this Esix-specific, or SYSVR3 specific?



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