Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 01:10:37 +1100 (EST) From: Andrew <andrew@ugh.net.au> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Running a shell instead of getty? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961222002935.23083E-100000@mopsy.hobart.tased.edu.au>
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Hi, I want to be able to run a shell rather than getty on some of my virtual consoles. That way I don't have to type in my login name and password all the time (I know I'm lazy :-). The box is running 2.1.5 but it is in my bedroom and so quite safe from prying fingers as it were. I tried just replacing getty with the path to my shell in /etc/ttys but I got the "getty repeating too quickly error". I guess this is because the shell expects an already opened tty etc. I guess what I really need is a hacked getty that instead of launching login will setuid to me and exec a shell. Does anybody have any suggestions? I might try doing it myself but I would be extremely suprised if I have the expertise to do it. Thanks for any info/help, Andrew
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