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From: ford@crash.cts.com (Michael Ditto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Adding extra console window gettys: maybe not a good idea
Message-ID: <2031@crash.cts.com>
Date: Sat, 21-Nov-87 02:27:52 EST
Article-I.D.: crash.2031
Posted: Sat Nov 21 02:27:52 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 23-Nov-87 03:33:20 EST
References: <750@neoucom.UUCP> <162@manta.UUCP>
Reply-To: ford%kenobi@crash.CTS.COM (Michael Ditto)
Organization: Crash TS, El Cajon, CA
Lines: 18
Keywords: getlogin, multiple getty, Unix PC, console
Summary: One minor problem discovered


I have had two gettys running on /dev/window for a few months.  I have
encountered only one problem:  getlogin(3C) does not work correctly
for the second getty (whichever one is last in /etc/inittab).  So,
for example, when running hack, my name is shown as "LOGIN" if I happen
to be on the "second" getty and the first one is idle.  Since there is
no easy way to distinguish the two, it is difficult to log in on the
"correct" window.

It doesn't bother me enough to outweigh the value of that "emergency"
getty in the background, so I have left it.  I don't log in on the console
very much, though.

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Mike Ditto					-=] Ford [=-
P.O. Box 1721					ford%kenobi@crash.CTS.COM
Bonita, CA 92002				ford@crash.CTS.COM