lenny@icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano) (03/20/88)
What is the proper way to spawn a getty on /dev/window on the UNIX pc?
I placed an entry in /etc/inittab that said:
vid:2:respawn:/etc/getty window console
vir:2:respawn:/etc/getty window console # Virtual console
Which works fine, but has some side effects. Since both getty's are
running of window, programs that rely on your terminal fail. For example:
Login as root on one, and another login on another:
$ who am i
lenny + w1 Mar 19 11:23 . 4590
root + w3 Mar 19 11:25 . 4597
It cannot distinguish between us. Also if the program is just reading
the /etc/utmp file, it will find lenny first logged in and assume I was
lenny (even if I do it from root). Has someone thought of an alternative
solution. Someone a while back suggested making a link to window:
# ln /dev/window /dev/virtwin
and changing the line to:
vir:2:respawn:/etc/getty virtwin console # Virtual console
This still doesn't work since the major, minor numbers are the same.
I want to have a second login, just in case I lock up my terminal in a
program, the extra window is a help!
-Lenny
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