Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 16:31:05 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: terry@lambert.org, grog@lemis.de, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getty(8) don't show `login:' prompt Message-ID: <199607102331.QAA27702@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199607102105.PAA25156@rocky.mt.sri.com> from "Nate Williams" at Jul 10, 96 03:05:50 pm
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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? They are called "English classes". You should light one up. 8-). 8-). He states that the value indicated by the identifier "delay" may be omitted for a delay value of 2: <delay> may be omitted and defaults to 2. This statement is made in the context of the -S option. Thus, presumably, one must use the -S option and omit the (optional: BNF "[delay]" was used; bracketed items may be ommited in BNF) parameter to get the default of 2. So besides "smoking English classes", I *read* his supplied man page excerpt. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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