Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 12:45:01 +0200 From: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getty replacement Message-ID: <20050705124501.6c9de799.lists@yazzy.org> In-Reply-To: <20050705102010.GA5663@beatrix.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <20050705115234.44adc0ed.lists@yazzy.org> <20050705102010.GA5663@beatrix.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 13:20:10 +0300 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 2005-07-05 11:52, Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> wrote: > > 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? > > 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. > > Your shell script exits immediately, which leads init to believe > something caused it to exit prematurely. Shell scripts that don't > exit, but continue working until they are explicitly terminated with > a signal should work fine. That unfortunatelly does not seem to work. I tried a shell script with a read -p "Blah blah" my_choice which should wait for an execution but this did not work either giving me exactly the same message...
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