Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 13:17:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To: rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: /etc/ttys, /var/run/utmp, ttyslot(3) and {get|put}utx* API
Message-ID: <200111071817.fA7IHaT22823@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1011107074837.14344B-100000@fledge.watson.org>
References: <15786.1004869680@critter.freebsd.dk>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In article <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1011107074837.14344B-100000@fledge.watson.org> you write: >On occasion, I've wondered if this information couldn't be stored >in-kernel and managed using calls similar to get/setlogin(). In point of fact, some of it is stored in the kernel and managed using precisely those calls! Every tty being used for a login is the controlling terminal of some process group, which is associated with a particular session. lognames are stored in the session structure. - -GAWollman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE76XqxI+eG6b7tlG4RAoqdAKCYknx2Y4x7+5/PZP+zuty/FJJxRACgk+RR TZTrFanNvcxfH7lj2y1Alro= =DJMF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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