Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 15:05:50 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: grog@lemis.de, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getty(8) don't show `login:' prompt Message-ID: <199607102105.PAA25156@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199607102045.NAA27157@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <199607101132.EAA03432@root.com> <199607102045.NAA27157@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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> > >No, that looks pretty good to me. In my getty (heavily modified), I
^^^^^^^^
> > >have:
> > >>From the man page:
> > >
> > >-S [delay] causes getty to delay <delay> seconds after connection has
> > > been established. This is for use with modems which are
> > > not ready to communicate with the remote site as soon as
> > > they are connected. <delay> may be omitted and defaults to
> > > 2.
> >
> > I'd prefer to see this implemented as an option in FreeBSD (default to no
> > extra delay if the option is not specified)...like Greg suggests above.
>
> I believe it defaults to 2 if a specific delay is omitted, and the -S
> option is used.
>
> I would prefer to see it implemented as, for instance, :md#2:, in
> /etc/gettytab instead of as a command line option at all.
Huh? What are you smoking Terry? The getty that Greg's talking about
is his local version which hasn't seen the light of day in FreeBSD. How
do you know all about it since you haven't seen it or the source code
for it?
Nate
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