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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.igcom.net!terra.igcom.net!david From: David Bauman <david@terra.igcom.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: login sequence Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 12:38:07 -0600 Organization: InterGlobal Communications Lines: 18 Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960109123656.19223A-100000@terra.igcom.net> References: <m0tZcLx-0000GWC@hammy.lerctr.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: terra.igcom.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <m0tZcLx-0000GWC@hammy.lerctr.org> > My understanding is that the program specified in /etc/ttys (usually > getty) reads /etc/gettytab to set up the terminal, then invokes > login when the user types a login name, and login invokes a shell. > > What's different about what you're asking for, which seems to be the > way it works now? > > Gordon L. Burditt > sneaky.lonestar.org!gordon Well, my goal is to have a user dialin, and instead of getting the normal gettytab login, is to get a shell which I have already programmed. Basically, it is terminal server software, all scripts. I do not want to use the default getty stuff.. David