Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:1398 comp.sys.att:4274 Path: utzoo!edhnic!becker!ziebmef!ncrcan!lsuc!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!ncar!tank!oddjob!gargoyle!att!chinet!les From: les@chinet.UUCP (Leslie Mikesell) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: multiple gettys, why use them? Message-ID: <6537@chinet.UUCP> Date: 9 Sep 88 02:19:11 GMT References: <765@rush.cts.com> <401@amanue.UUCP> Reply-To: les@chinet.UUCP (Leslie Mikesell) Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix Lines: 41 In article <401@amanue.UUCP> jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) writes: >In order to get multiple shells from the Office one has to do something >special for each shell. With multiple gettys all one has to do is log in. The "something special" consists of selecting "full screen unix" with the arrow key and pressing. Not so difficult. Hit suspend, select the office and do it again.. (On 3.51.. Earlier version needed a small change to the shell start-up command to give you a full screen). >On each window, if you foul up your terminal settings all you have to do is log >out and log back in again and woila, you have your screen fixed up completely. Likewise from the office, and you just have to press for the new screen since the "full screen unix" will already be selected. >.. with multiple gettys I am *sure* each shell is running in its own >process group. With multiple shells from the Office I'm not sure. (Someone >wanna comment on this?) Yes, you can do a "kill 0" from one shell without bothering any of the others. >I do have some remote users who dial in over the modem. How easy to test >their logins by just logging in as them with their initial password on one of >the windows. su - username would work nicely from a full-screen shell. >Just for the record, I am *not* bigoted against PARC-style user interfaces. The user interface to the SysV lp spooler is especially gruesome, and that is about the only thing I use out of the office other than starting a bunch of full-screen shells. >Are multiple gettys right for you??? **TRY THEM AND SEE!!** Each to his own >(or as they say in France, chalk one awesome goo!) The only functional advantage seems to be the savings of a process (ua) and a window for it. Les Mikesell