Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 17:10:56 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net> To: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu> Cc: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv0 Message-ID: <3B085D10.C5D3DCF1@DougBarton.net> References: <Pine.SGI.4.31L.02.0105061509330.7271055-100000@irix2.gl.umbc.edu>
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"G. Jason Middleton" wrote:
>
> I commented out the following lines
>
> ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
> # Virtual terminals
> ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
> ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
> ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
> # ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
> # ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
> # ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
> # ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
>
> and they still respawn themselves.
Instead of commenting them out you should change them to off. Some
versions of init have "issues" when the lines for tty's they already have
open disappear. When you're done editing, 'kill -1 1' will HUP init,
thereby having it re-read the file and changing what it starts.
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