Re: [Plug] ttysnoop and /dev/vcs#

[Darxus <darxus@op.net>]

On Mon, 6 Dec 1999 tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com wrote:

> >>>The use of the Unix98 standard is a compile option, so you could
> recompile
> your kernel & take it out.<<<
> 
> Sorry, but probably not and option. We had to spend a lot of money
> re-engineering the apps we use to be able to use the Unix98PTY standard and
> with setting up more than 700 Linux hosts on this network it would be
> counterproductive. The other part that would be hard to change is we'd have
> to get this to work with mgetty. Any ideas?

Well, how/why would you have to get it to work w/ mgetty ?

> >>>Is carl@miskatonic.inbe.net the person you emailed ?  The docs say
> that's
> the creator of ttysnoop.  The debian package is up to date, so it's
> maintainer is unlikely to be helpful.<<<
> 
> Yes, Carl is who I sent many e-mails to. What constitutes "up to date"? I
> thought that if something new like Unix98 PTY's are added to the kernel
> that support for that standard would be a goal of the maintainers of
> packages. Am I off base here? Thanks again.

The debian package contains the latest greatest version of the
application, therefore the package is up to date.

Package maintainers generally do not modify the code of the applications
they contain, except maybe to get them to play nicer with debian
installations.

Modifying the code, dealing with bugs like this, is the job of the
application maintainer (Carl), who may have fallen off the face of the
earth.

ttysnoop is GPLed, download the code & make it work w/ unix98 PTYs :)

Also, why do you need to snoop /dev/ttyS1 instead of using the a virtual
console ?

Hmm, I have a feeling you can use old style PTYs when you have the unix98
stuff set up....

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