Re: running at boot time & signals

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Kasper Dupont wrote:
> Lew Pitcher wrote:
>> You will want something like
>> #c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
>> c1:1235:respawn:/bin/su - username -c /path </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1
>
> I'd rather use a program that was intended for the purpose
> instead of letting init do that redirection. Here is an
> example I have been using in my own inittab:
>
> 1:2345:respawn:/local/bin/open -c 1 -l -w -- /local/sbin/dummy

Thanks, Kasper

I learn something new every day. I hadn't seen the "open" command
before. Where does it come from? AFAICT, Slackware (my distro of choice)
doesn't provide it.

> If getty can be instructed to execute something else
> instead of login, then that would also be a possibility.

Agreed.


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Lew Pitcher, IT Specialist, Enterprise Data Systems
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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