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Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 17:10:56 -0700
From: Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>
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To: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu>
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Subject: Re: /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv0
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"G. Jason Middleton" wrote:
> 
> I commented out the following lines
> 
> ttyv0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> # Virtual terminals
> ttyv1   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> ttyv2   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> ttyv3   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> # ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> # ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> # ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> # ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> 
> and they still respawn themselves.

	Instead of commenting them out you should change them to off. Some
versions of init have "issues" when the lines for tty's they already have
open disappear. When you're done editing, 'kill -1 1' will HUP init,
thereby having it re-read the file and changing what it starts. 

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