Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 21:10:19 GMT From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/82296: ttys(5) man page misleads about use for non-getty processes Message-ID: <200604072110.k37LAJ8p013752@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
To: Chris Lightfoot <chris@ex-parrot.com>
Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/82296: ttys(5) man page misleads about use for non-getty processes
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 00:09:32 +0300
On 2005-06-15 21:44, Chris Lightfoot <chris@ex-parrot.com> 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
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