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

[Bill Heiser]

In article <1991May3.131122.29675 at cbnewsl.att.com> urban at cbnewsl.att.com (john.urban) writes:
>
>In /etc/inittab, you can almost always place uugetty instead of getty on every
>line.  NOTE: Just tell uses to press return on thier keyboard to get the
>Login prompt.

I've been using 'getty' rather than 'uugetty' on ESIX Rev D.  This is
because someone told me (before I did my install) that uugetty was
either buggy, problematic, or a security hole, I forget which.  Is
this Esix-specific, or SYSVR3 specific?



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