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Re: Can't getty on ttyS1



On Sun, 6 Oct 1996, Bill Roman wrote:

> > I've tried enabling the port by adding the proper entry to inittab 
> > (working from memory at the moment) as follows:
> > 
> > S1:234:respawn:/etc/getty ttyS1 DT9600 vt100
> 
> Note that executables have been banished from /etc by FSSTND for a
> long time.  Try /sbin/getty, and you may get sufficient functionality
> without having to install mgetty.

Sorry, my mistake (my SCO Unix coming through), I entered the line above 
from memory and got everything right except for the location of getty.  
As you suggested, it is in /usr/sbin, not /etc.

Any other ideas?

TIA,

Kevin Traas
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