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Article #574Re: CLOCAL, or catch-22
From: Amos Shapir
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1987 18:41
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1987 18:41
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In article <169@edm.UUCP> steve@edm.UUCP (Stephen Samuel) writes:
>The trick is in /etc/{inittab,gettydefs}. find the line that controls your
>tty in inittab and check the last par for getty. Look for a line in
>gettydefs with the same label in the first field. Insert a 'CLOCAL' between
>the first and second '#' on that line. (That field defines the STTY state
>BEFORE you login.
Sorry, that's still not good enough - getty can't stty the line until it
gets a valid fd from a successful open, but the open would hang!
The only solution seems to have a small program open the line with NDELAY
and keep it open in the background.
--
Amos Shapir (My other cpu is a NS32532)
National Semiconductor (Israel)
6 Maskit st. P.O.B. 3007, Herzlia 46104, Israel Tel. +972 52 522261
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!amdahl!nsc!nsta!amos From: amos@nsta.UUCP (Amos Shapir) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: CLOCAL, or catch-22 Message-ID: <332@nsta.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Aug-87 14:41:02 EDT Article-I.D.: nsta.332 Posted: Fri Aug 14 14:41:02 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Aug-87 05:32:58 EDT References: <325@nsta.UUCP> <25073@sun.uucp> <3607@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> <326@nsta.UUCP> <169@edm.UUCP> Reply-To: amos%nsta@nsc.com (Amos Shapir) Distribution: world Organization: National Semiconductor (Israel) Ltd. Home of the 32532 Lines: 17 Hdate: 20 Av 5747