Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 13:12:18 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Caleb Lyness <clyness@cs.uct.ac.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Voice mail on free bsd Message-ID: <29299.945861138@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 21 Dec 1999 22:57:58 %2B0200." <19991221225758.A5601@cs.uct.ac.za>
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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
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