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Subject: Re: My /etc/ttys file has been overwritten
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Malcolm Kay wrote:

>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 do
>>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
>  
>
Thanks, Malcolm.