Amish Rughoonundon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was wondering where all these processes /sbin/getty ... came from since I > did not start them > . Anybody could enlighten me. Thanks > Amish > ps g > PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND > 1346 tty1 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty1 > 1347 tty2 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2 > 1348 tty3 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3 > 1349 tty4 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4 > 1350 tty5 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5 > 1351 tty6 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty6 > 16852 pts/0 Ss 0:00 -bash > 16889 pts/0 T 0:00 emacs proftpd.conf > 16921 pts/0 R+ 0:00 ps g
"getty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the /bin/login command. It is normally invoked by init(8)." As you can see, there's one for each of your virtual consoles. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
