Re: confusing processes
Hi, I was wondering where all these processes /sbin/getty ... came from since I did not start them Do you want virtual terminals or not? ;-) -- Rafal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: confusing processes
On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 02:28:06PM -0500, Amish Rughoonundon wrote: Hi, 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/0Ss 0:00 -bash 16889 pts/0T 0:00 emacs proftpd.conf 16921 pts/0R+ 0:00 ps g The getty processes wait for you to login on the virtual terminals (tty1 through tty6) that you can access with alt+f(1-6) or ctrl+alt+f(1-6) from X. If you don't use virtual terminals you can turn some or all of them off by editing /etc/inittab. Look for lines like 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 and comment out ttys you don't use. -- Steve Block http://ev-15.com/ http://steveblock.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: confusing processes
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/0Ss 0:00 -bash 16889 pts/0T 0:00 emacs proftpd.conf 16921 pts/0R+ 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]
