problems with ungetty

[Warren Tucker]

In article <360 at tygra.ddmi.com> cat at tygra.UUCP (CAT-TALK Maint. Account) writes:
>In article <5476 at thebes.Thalatta.COM> campbell at Thalatta.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
>}
>}getty shouldn't even be running unless CD is up on the
>}modem line.
>
>WRONG! getty's are spawned by init when (1) the system is started

Actually, you are both "right" :-). Bill is describing the BSD approach
while 'cat' is talking about System V.  XENIX, of course, uses the System
V approach (mostly; Microsoft hung the BSD /etc/ttys bag off the side
of init).
 
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