Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!sri-unix!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!ron From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: login prompt not staying set Message-ID: <16849@topaz.rutgers.edu> Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 19:29:02 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.16849 Posted: Sat Dec 5 19:29:02 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 10-Dec-87 20:46:22 EST References: <142700001@occrsh.ATT.COM> <2932@ihlpf.ATT.COM> <623@umbc3.UMD.EDU> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 12 The previous poster was wrong. After init opens the terminal line (which either happens immediately, or when carrier is asserted), getty is executed. Getty initializes the stty modes as if it wants to see it, prints the login prompt and reads at most one line of input. On the basis of this line of input, it changes the terminal modes some more (autobauding, parity, cr mapping, etc..) and calls login. If you had typed something that looked like a username, login asks for a password. If not, then login prompts for the username again. In any case after the first input, you are always talking to login until it starts your shell up. -RON