Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 11:36:30 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Ekaterina N. Ivannikova" <kate@forsys.msk.ru> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: netstat is not working Message-ID: <199806131836.LAA00571@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 13 Jun 1998 16:05:16 %2B0400." <Pine.BSI.3.90.980613155109.15258A-100000@ns.forsys.msk.ru>
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> > > Another question: > > > Is there any way of using multiple virtual consoles without overhead of > > > getty, login & Co. short of writing one's one getty ? > > > > Sure; just start a shell pointed at the correct vty directly. You can > > only switch to a vty that has something running on it, but you don't > > need to be using getty, login or even init. > > > I'd hate to sound like an imbecille but still: _how_ ? Write a small program that opens the vty, makes it it's controlling terminal, points stdin, stdout and stderr at it, and then execs $SHELL. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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