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From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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Subject: Re: My /etc/ttys file has been overwritten
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 13:29, Trey Sizemore wrote:
> I edited my /etc/ttys file in Easy Editor and then saved and exited (or
> so I thought) to enable kdm.  When I rebooted, my machine would hang.  =
I
> went back into /etc/ttys and noticed that the file is now empty!!
>
> What is the best way to replace the file.  I'm not aware of a default
> file anywhere.  Will I have to manually recreate it, and if so, where d=
o
> I get the data?
>

# find /usr/src -name ttys
yields:
   /usr/src/etc/etc.alpha/ttys
and
   /usr/src/etc/etc.i386/ttys

I imagine the latter is what you want ;-)

Malcolm Kay