From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 10 09:00:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB88516A482 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:00:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DBB643DA7 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:00:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3A90b6m081500 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:00:37 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k3A90bxF081499; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:00:37 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:00:37 GMT Message-Id: <200604100900.k3A90bxF081499@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: Giorgos Keramidas Cc: Subject: Re: docs/82296: ttys(5) man page misleads about use for non-getty processes X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Giorgos Keramidas List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:00:52 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/82296; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Chris Lightfoot Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/82296: ttys(5) man page misleads about use for non-getty processes Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:55:34 +0300 On 2006-04-08 18:28, Chris Lightfoot wrote: >On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 12:09:32AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>On 2005-06-15 21:44, Chris Lightfoot wrote: >>> The ttys(5) man page states in respect of each line of /etc/ttys, >>> >>> The first field is normally the name of the terminal special file as it >>> is found in /dev. However, it can be any arbitrary string when the asso- >>> ciated command is not related to a tty. >>> >>> However, this is not true -- the new_session command in init.c will >>> drop any /etc/ttys line whose first field does not give the name of a >>> file in /dev which can be opened: (line 937 et seq) >> >> Is this still true on the 5.X branch? I've just tested on CURRENT and >> the following entry worked as expected, even though I certainly don't >> have a /dev/nproc device node: >> >> nproc "/root/script" unknown on secure > > hmm. The machine where I encountered the problem is > 5.2.1-RELEASE. I haven't tried on anything subsequent. Good enough. Thanks for following up so fast. I believe 5.2.1-RELEASE was a developer-preview release, and many things have changed since then. If you (or anyone else, for that matter) test this with a newer release, i.e. 5-STABLE or one of the 6.X series, please let me know with a followup :-) - Giorgos