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From: bob@rush.cts.com (Bob Ames)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: multiple gettys, why use them?
Message-ID: <765@rush.cts.com>
Date: 28 Aug 88 23:06:13 GMT
Organization: Howard Publications, Inc.
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> BTW, I found an alternative to multiple gettys for multiple logins. Login
> normally, get a new shell window (either full screen unix or windy),
> and then kill the parent. A new getty will be spawned, and you can get
> multiple logins that way (Although the last person to login will be the
> "current" user.)

Why all this talk of multiple gettys?  I've never used them.
What's wrong with 'Other Users' in the Office?  The only people
that I can think of who would want multiple gettys are those who don't
use 'Office' and therefore can't do 'Other Users'.  Although
those persons could always use 'su - user' to change users...  I'll bet that
this, accompanied by a 'windy -b' would give you multiple windows...

Maybe you don't like Office because you sometimes login from a remote
terminal.  You can check for the existance of $L0 in your .profile to
determine whether to go to the Office.  For example, when I want no UA,
I just login as:
Login: bob anything 
Password:
...
$ _
The part of my .profile that implements this looks like:
if [ -z "$L0" ]
then
        exec /usr/bin/ua
fi

So, why do you use multiple gettys?  If you don't use Office, I understand.
It seems that the *numerous* incompatibilities with multiple gettys (that
I've read about here) would make using them undesirable...

Bob Ames     
Howard Publications, Inc.   Bell: 208-733-0931   INET: bob@rush.cts.com
UUCP: {rutgers!ucsd, nosc, hplabs!hp-sdd}!crash!rush.cts.com!bob
                                       or crash!rush!bob might work...
"We've got Tribbles on the ship, Quintotritacale in the corridors,
and Klingons in the Quadrant!  It can ruin your whole day, Sir!"
- Scotty, "More Tribbles, More Troubles", animated.

"We each pay a fabulous price - for our visions of paradise." - Rush
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Bob Ames     
Howard Publications, Inc.   Bell: 208-733-0931   INET: bob@rush.cts.com
UUCP: {rutgers!ucsd, nosc, hplabs!hp-sdd}!crash!rush.cts.com!bob
                                       or crash!rush!bob might work...
"We've got Tribbles on the ship, Quintotritacale in the corridors,
and Klingons in the Quadrant!  It can ruin your whole day, Sir!"
- Scotty, "More Tribbles, More Troubles", animated.

"We each pay a fabulous price - for our visions of paradise." - Rush