GETTY

[Robert Meyer]

Not true.  You need a getty anywhere that you generate a login prompt, except
telnet/ssh which do their own.  All of the virtual consoles that are available
through the keyboard/monitor have gettys on them.  Those are the virtual
consoles that I'm talking about.

Cheers!

Bob
--- Robert Romito <robromito at yahoo.com> wrote:
> So, if I understand correctly, if I only connect to my box through the 
> actual console and telnet I won't need a getty.  The console I get from 
> plugging directly into the box is not a virtual console and doesn't go 
> through a serial port, and telnet doesn't use getty at all.
> 
> Am I understanding it correctly?
> 
> Robert Meyer wrote:
> 
> >Yep, you need some sort of getty on the serial port that the modem is on. 
> Too
> >many options to summarize here.  Neat stuff like 'if you want to do fax in,
> do
> >this' kinda stuff.  The virtual consoles also have getty processes running
> on
> >them.  That's what stuffs out the /etc/issue file, the login prompt and then
> >listens for the login ID.  It then passes the rest to the 'login' process.
> >
> >Hope this helps...
> >
> >Cheers!
> >
> >Bob
> >--- Robert Romito <robromito at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi All.
> >>
> >>Do I need to run a getty program, like mingetty or agetty, if I never 
> >>dial-in to my linux box?  Does the console for the box require getty?  I 
> >>usually just telnet into my boxes from my internal lan.
> >>
> >>I've found information on getty, but none of the sources said when you 
> >>did or didn't need it.
> >>
> >>Thanks for the help.  Robert Romito.
> >>
> >
> >
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Bob Meyer
Knightwing Communications, Inc.
36 Cayuga Blvd
Depew, NY 14043
Phone: 716-308-8931 or 716-681-0076
Meyer_RM at Yahoo.com

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