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Date:      Sat, 5 Jul 1997 03:55:11 +0400 (MSD)
From:      =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
Cc:        Adam David <adam@veda.is>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sbin@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/init init.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970705035159.22922A-100000@lsd.relcom.eu.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970705094831.869V-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>

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On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote:

> There is a small chance that /etc/ttys is modified, but init not HUPed 
> before a shutdown.  Would it not be more appropriate to revoke the 

It does no harm, they would be killed by TERM.

> processes being watched, rather than reading from /etc/ttys?

What you mean by "being watched"? Init watch only getty lines and _not_
watch pty lines, it is why /etc/ttys used instead of init internal list.

Retrieving full list of processes with control tty envolve bloating init
with kvm stuff which is not acceptable.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
<ache@null.net>
http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/




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