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| author | Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> | 2011-02-10 10:24:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> | 2011-02-10 10:24:51 +0100 |
| commit | b44e9760e101b0eddf49de2ecd5f8fcbf2f289a4 (patch) | |
| tree | d57fe774bfaeaaf29b40178bc159c0bc05ed2b1a /loginutils | |
| parent | b2f00ac22a24b68e74978d04f443cfa01c665fe9 (diff) | |
getty: extend its config help
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'loginutils')
| -rw-r--r-- | loginutils/Config.src | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/loginutils/Config.src b/loginutils/Config.src index 4c771bbc4..897d8fb0c 100644 --- a/loginutils/Config.src +++ b/loginutils/Config.src @@ -181,7 +181,19 @@ config GETTY default y select FEATURE_SYSLOG help - getty lets you log in on a tty, it is normally invoked by init. + getty lets you log in on a tty. It is normally invoked by init. + + Note that you can save a few bytes by disabling it and + using login applet directly. + If you need to reset tty attributes before calling login, + this script approximates getty: + + exec </dev/$1 >/dev/$1 2>&1 || exit 1 + stty sane; stty ispeed 38400; stty ospeed 38400 + reset + printf "%s login: " "`hostname`" + read -r login + exec /bin/login "$login" config LOGIN bool "login" |