/etc/inittab Problems with SCO XENIX-286

[John Owens]

In article <12997 at mimsy.UUCP>, meyer at mimsy.UUCP (John R. Meyer) writes:
> 	I am trying to get the /usr/bin/sysadmsh shell going in multiscreen
> /dev/tty05 using /etc/inittab.  I have the line

> 	05::respawn:/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/sysadmsh

> in the /etc/inittab file but the standard
> 	login:
> message is displayed on tty05.  Can someone tell me what I am missing?

Well, SCO Xenix 2.2 doesn't really have inittab, it just simulates it.
init itself only deals with /etc/ttys, which just enables and disables
lines.  If you want to achieve the effect above, you can either wait
for SCO Xenix 2.3 (which I hear is now shipping and has the real
System V init, with full inittab support), or modify /etc/gettydefs to
define a new getty code and put that code in place of the 'm' in the
appropriate /etc/ttys line.  I added the following to mine to support
a system status screen on one multiscreen:

S # EXTA  HUPCL # EXTA CS8 SANE HUPCL TAB3 ECHOE IXANY #\r\n# S # \
	AUTO /etc/runsystat

(The split is for news convenience; use one long line in
/etc/gettydefs, ending "# S # AUTO /etc/runsystat".)
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