getty replacement

[Andre Guibert de Bruet]

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Marcin Jessa wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 20:03:46 +1000
> Andrew Milton <akm at theinternet.com.au> wrote:
>> +-------[ Marcin Jessa ]----------------------
>> | Is there any way to replace "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"  with a custom application and what would be requirements for such an app?
>>
>> It's definitely do-able with compiled code.
>>
>> | Running
>> | ttyv0 "/some/app/shell_code.sh Pc" cons23 on secure
>> | gives me:
>> | init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv0, sleeping 30 secs
>> | and my code is not executed.
>>
>> This won't work, because shell scripts aren't directly executable. The shell
>> handles parsing the #!/bin/sh header and executing them for you.
>
> Putting /bin/sh to parse  #!/bin/sh header infront of it does not change that behaviour, which should work according to what you said.
> Are there any other requirements besides having compiled code ?

Your application should not return control to init many times within a few 
seconds, lest you see the dreaded "repeating too quickly" message.

Andy

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