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To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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> Don't do that - you can't switch to a vty that isn't open 8)  (for
> obvious reasons...)

Do you mean to say that one can't disable logins on a vty and use it as a
status display (as one can do with any other tty)? Why not?