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Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 12:09:26 +0200
From: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org>
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Subject: Re: getty replacement
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 20:03:46 +1000
Andrew Milton <akm@theinternet.com.au> wrote:

> +-------[ Marcin Jessa ]----------------------
> | Hi guys.
> | 
> | Is there any way to replace "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"  with a custom application and what would be requirements for such an app?
> 
> It's definitely do-able with compiled code.
> 
> | Running 
> | ttyv0 "/some/app/shell_code.sh Pc" cons23 on secure 
> | gives me:
> | init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv0, sleeping 30 secs
> | and my code is not executed.
> 
> This won't work, because shell scripts aren't directly executable. The shell
> handles parsing the #!/bin/sh header and executing them for you.

Putting /bin/sh to parse  #!/bin/sh header infront of it does not change that behaviour, which should work according to what you said.
Are there any other requirements besides having compiled code ?