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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: <141@nusdhub.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 17-Oct-87 19:24:59 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 17 19:24:59 1987
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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?

On the [very high] chance that my other opsting was not quite what you
were asking.... as in you don't have something like inittab to change
the "program to respawn" definition use this hack:

mv /bin/getty /bin/gettyreal
ln "my program" /bin/getty
"my prog" execs getty <see previous posting>

As a very basic warning!!!!!!!!!!  Do be shure you have at least one
terminal logged in as root continuously durring the instalation
and testing [do test it!] of this hack.  I have known people who
tried this, had it not work when they logged out, and then couldn't
log back in without a system restore done from firmware.  Potentally
VERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NASTY.

rob.