Date: 17 May 2001 23:42:38 -0000 From: mwm@mired.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: conf/27418: There are *no* examples of using /etc/ttys inittab-like feature Message-ID: <20010517234238.21736.qmail@guru.mired.org>
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>Number: 27418 >Category: conf >Synopsis: There are *no* examples of using /etc/ttys inittab-like feature >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu May 17 16:50:01 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mike Meyer >Release: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386 >Organization: Meyer Consulting >Environment: System: FreeBSD guru.mired.org 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #15: Sun May 13 15:33:37 CDT 2001 mwm@guru.mired.org:/sharetmp/obj/usr/src/sys/GURU i386 >Description: The init page mentions - in one paragraph - that /etc/ttys can be used to start a daemon, similar to the SysV /etc/inittab. This doesn't include an example, and there don't seem to be any such examples. >How-To-Repeat: Read the man page and look for examples. >Fix: Here's a patch to add an example - turned off - to /etc/ttys. --- /etc/ttys Thu May 17 18:31:22 2001 +++ /tmp/ttys Thu May 17 18:38:10 2001 @@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure ttyd2 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure ttyd3 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure +# Daemon example +# This will make init run /tmp/testd with an argument of "Example", restarting +# it whenever it exits. +Example "/usr/libexec/sampledaemon" none off # Pseudo terminals ttyp0 none network ttyp1 none network >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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