getty/uugetty -- what is the difference, really?

[Conor P. Cahill]

kentkar at shambala.uucp (Kent Karrer) writes:

>Recently, I have seen an increase of discussion concerning getty and uugetty.
>I have used both on different kinds of unices. But, being what I consider a
>unix novice, I have yet to figure out the differences between these two
>programs.

uugetty is getty with 1 enhancement:

	1. it locks (using uucp/cu style locks) the port when someone attemps
	   to log in so that only one of the three can use the line at the
	   same time.

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