Re: [PLUG] mingetty question

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

I think tty1 through tty6 are persistent because, otherwise, there would 
be no way to provide you with a login prompt.  What I'm starting to 
wonder about is how pts/0 and so forth are spawned when an xterm is 
opened.  (Actually, one thing I just realized is that xterms don't 
prompt for a login the way the virtual terminals do.)  I know that for a 
serial console a line needs to be added to inittab to respawn a login 
prompt, but what happens when someone telnets in?


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