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Date:      Fri, 6 Oct 2000 16:14:46 +0200
From:      Volker Stolz <stolz@I2.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
To:        Otter <otterr@telocity.com>
Cc:        Ben_Calvert@amsinc.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X for login prompt?
Message-ID:  <20001006161446.A8149@agamemnon.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPGEPCCEAA.otterr@telocity.com>; from otterr@telocity.com on Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 06:37:26PM -0400
References:  <8525696F.006EEA55.00@ams-central-gate-5a.amsinc.com> <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPGEPCCEAA.otterr@telocity.com>

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On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 06:37:26PM -0400, Otter wrote:
> }edit the file /etc/ttys and change this line:
> }
> }ttyv8   "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   off secure
> }
> }to read:
> }
> }ttyv8   "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   on  secure
> }Then, after you've saved that file, reboot."

A simple "kill -HUP 1" is sufficient to tell init to reconfigure.
How come everyone always wants to reboot these days :)
[Your quoting-style is ... strange?]
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