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From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
To: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu>
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Subject: Re: /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv0
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 15:41:03 -0400
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> I commented out the following lines
>
> ttyv0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> # Virtual terminals
> ttyv1   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> ttyv2   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> ttyv3   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> # ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> # ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> # ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> # ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
>
> and they still respawn themselves.

I goofed.  Editing /etc/ttys is the first step.  You must do a 'kill -1' on
the init process (which is PID 1).  It will kill off any "extra" getty
sessions.

--
Matt Emmerton


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