/etc/utmp (login, getty)

[John F Haugh II]

In article <1991May10.065817.12017 at swsrv1.cirr.com> toma at swsrv1.cirr.com (Tom Armistead) writes:
>So, in a long winded way, I think your right in that /bin/login is the one who
>sets the final tty name in the utmp file and that is probally where your
>problem is.

Nope.  /etc/getty is responsible for getting the tty name correct the
first time.  getty knows which device it opened, login doesn't.
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