From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 22 3:11:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 765D214EFF for ; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 03:11:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.11 #1) id 120jgo-0007ca-00; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 13:12:18 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Caleb Lyness Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Voice mail on free bsd In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 21 Dec 1999 22:57:58 +0200." <19991221225758.A5601@cs.uct.ac.za> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 13:12:18 +0200 Message-ID: <29299.945861138@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 22:57:58 +0200, Caleb Lyness wrote: > Having come from linux - where system V style scripts are used, > I don't know where things like vgetty should be run from. I see > the tty file in /etc but I don't see what actually calls/runs this > script or the program that uses this as a config file. See the ttys(5) and init(8) manpages, in that order. :-) > Assuming this is the file to edit, do I just change the > references to getty to vgetty with the appropriate changes > in the command line parameters? Hopefully, yes. :-) > As far as I know vgetty makes use of cuaXXX instead of ttyXXX - how > will this effect the config file? That shouldn't be a problem, you can use as the first field in ttys any configured device in the /dev directory. Again, see the ttys(5) manpage for more info. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message