getty_ps? This is just another version of getty, which is a program that
handles some of the login process when you log in to a UNIX box. It
was written by Paul Sutcliffe, Jr. <paul@devon.lns.pa.us>.
Kris Gleason <gleasokr@boulder.colorado.edu> currently
maintains it. 2.0.7e is the latest version, and supercedes any older
versions. Most Linux distributions come with getty_ps
installed as the default getty but you should check to make sure.
At your Linux prompt, type:
linux# strings /etc/getty | grep RINGBACK
If grep returns "RINGBACK" then you have the right
getty. If you do not have this version of getty, I highly
recommend that you get it. It can be found on the standard Linux FTP
sites. (Kris has promised me to implement a version feature in the
next release, to avoid doing this grep sillyness.)
getty_ps Get the package from a Linux FTP site, and install according to the instructions.
Be sure that the new getty_ps works correctly before you
remove all the other versions! I recommend changing one of your
virtual console lines from:
c2:23456:respawn:/etc/getty tty2
to:
c2:23456:respawn:/etc/getty_ps tty2 VC console
Put this line in your /etc/gettydefs:
VC# B9600 SANE CLOCAL # B9600 SANE -ISTRIP CLOCAL #@S @L login: #VC
and restart init:
linux# kill -HUP 1
If you can log in on a console with getty_ps, it's working.
Move getty_ps to getty or link it. Be sure to update your
/etc/inittab to correctly invoke the new getty.
The entries need to be in the form of:
id:runlevel:action:/etc/{uu}getty [options] line [speed [term [lined]]]
getty_ps also uses syslogd to log messages. See the man
pages for syslogd(1) and syslog.conf(5) for setting up
syslogd, if you don't have it running already. Messages
are logged with priority LOG_AUTH, errors use LOG_ERR, and debugging
uses LOG_DEBUG. If you don't want to use syslogd you
can edit tune.h in the getty_ps source files to use a log
file for messages and debugging instead, but you'll have to recompile
the whole thing.
Once you have installed getty_ps, and are certain it is working,
you can remove any other versions of getty you have. Be sure to
check in /bin, /etc, /usr/bin,
/usr/etc, /usr/man/man1, and /usr/man/cat1
for any thing called getty - there are old versions lurking
everywhere. Also, you can safely remove the old config file
/etc/gettytab - you only need /etc/gettydefs. From
this point on, all
references to getty will refer to getty_ps. References to
uugetty will refer to the uugetty that comes with the
getty_ps package.
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