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From: rwhite@nusdhub.UUCP (Robert C. White Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: getty under X?
Message-ID: <140@nusdhub.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 17-Oct-87 19:16:27 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 17 19:16:27 1987
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Summary: Duplicity
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In article <1724@oxtrap.UUCP>, rich@oxtrap.UUCP (K. Richard Magill) writes:
> Can anyone tell me how to run a getty under X?


I don't know enough to comment about "X" but this is how I made a program
that logs people out if they leave their systems idle to long:

init runs "my program"
"my program" forks itself.
the "parent" version of "my program" exec(s) getty
getty continues normally....

The child version of "my program" uses kill w/sig 0 to make shure
	getty or login or whatever [that had the parent process number]
	is still running.  If not, it suicides.
If so, it stat(s) the tty line.
If now - stat is greater than x, it kill(app signal)(s) the parent
	process id, and suicides after the "parent" process dies.
otherwise it sleeps, and then loops.

You might try a variant of this with whatever "X" does, possibly allowing
a "backside" rondivous between the "spy" and the main invocation of "x"

Disclaimer: it's just a thought...

Robert