Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!mandrill!hal!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@ncoast.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Adding extra console window gettys: maybe not a good idea Message-ID: <6296@ncoast.UUCP> Date: Sat, 28-Nov-87 18:40:28 EST Article-I.D.: ncoast.6296 Posted: Sat Nov 28 18:40:28 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 1-Dec-87 05:09:31 EST References: <750@neoucom.UUCP> <162@manta.UUCP> <2031@crash.cts.com> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) Followup-To: comp.sys.att Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh Lines: 18 As quoted from <2031@crash.cts.com> by ford@crash.cts.com (Michael Ditto): +--------------- | I have had two gettys running on /dev/window for a few months. I have | encountered only one problem: getlogin(3C) does not work correctly | for the second getty (whichever one is last in /etc/inittab). So, | for example, when running hack, my name is shown as "LOGIN" if I happen | to be on the "second" getty and the first one is idle. Since there is | no easy way to distinguish the two, it is difficult to log in on the | "correct" window. +--------------- The fix is quite easy: link /dev/window to another name or two, such as /dev/window1 and /dev/window2; then specify a different name for each of the getty's. Then getlogin() can easily determine the correct window. -- Brandon S. Allbery necntc!ncoast!allbery@harvard.harvard.edu {hoptoad,harvard!necntc,cbosgd,sun!mandrill!hal,uunet!hnsurg3}!ncoast!allbery Moderator of comp.sources.misc