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Re: why not mingetty??



On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 09:02:08PM -0400, Jeff Sheinberg wrote:

> I use agetty.  I like it that the screen is not cleared by
> default.  Use the /etc/issue file if you want to muck with the
> screen.  Use your .bash_logout if you want to clear the screen as
> you logout.

There is actually a way to do this from inittab, although it *is* a
control char, and thus might be less than perfect as far as a variety
of systems.  I think the man page explains it.

Ciao,
-- 
David Welton                          http://www.efn.org/~davidw 

	Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org


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