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From: paine@rust.dec.com (Willy Paine)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: gettydefs that allows to read /etc/issue
Message-ID: <8912181941.AA05061@decwrl.dec.com>
Date: 18 Dec 89 19:41:04 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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I am told that uugetty will not work with issue while getty is always
displaying /etc/issue.  I am using same modem on both dialout and dialin
so I guess I will have to put in crontab to switch getty and uugetty for
outbound calling.   getty will not work on outgoing calls.  Am I
correct?

willy


In article <1989Dec18.131525.411@virtech.uucp> you write:
>In article <8912180335.AA06394@decwrl.dec.com>, paine@fungus.dec.com (Willy Paine) writes:
>
>You shouldn't have to do anything.  As long as the /etc/issue file is
>present and readable (since getty is run by root, the file will always 
>be readable, as long as it is there).
>
>My vanilla 2.0.2 getty works as it is supposed to. You do not need to modify
>/etc/gettydefs to turn this on.  
>
>If your /etc/issue file is not displaying, try reloading the original
>getty that you got with 2.0.2.
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