Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!itsgw!steinmetz!uunet!ispi!jbayer From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (id for use with uunet/usenet) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: /etc/inittab Problems with SCO XENIX-286 Summary: /etc/inittab not fully functional on SCO Xenix Keywords: /etc/inittab, SCO XENIX-286, IBM PC-AT Message-ID: <160@ispi.UUCP> Date: 15 Aug 88 15:25:17 GMT References: <12997@mimsy.UUCP> Organization: Intelligent Software Products, Inc. Lines: 28 In article <12997@mimsy.UUCP>, meyer@mimsy.UUCP (John R. Meyer) writes: > Hello Netlanders -- > > 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 > In SCO Xenix the inittab file is not fully functional. Looking at the manual it says that the program telinit converts the inittab file to the ttys file. Because of this it ignores the program name at the end of the line. To start a shell or program automatically on powerup you have to do several steps. I don't have them at my fingertips, but they involve creating a user with the name of the tty you want to use, and putting the word AUTO on a line in the gettydefs file which the terminal definition will access. I know I have left at least one other step, but this should get you on the right direction. Look at page two of the GETTYDEFS(F) manual and you should be able to figure out the rest. Jonathan Bayer Intelligent Software Products, Inc. 19 Virginia Ave. Rockville Centre, NY 11570 uunet!ispi!jbayer