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Re: hurd does NOT need /hurd



On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 02:19, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> 
> [jaqque@athena:~]% cat /etc/debian_version                        
> 3.0
> [jaqque@athena:~]% uname -a
> Linux athena 2.4.17 #1 Fri May 10 01:40:37 PDT 2002 i686 unknown
> [jaqque@athena:~]% echo $PATH
> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
> [jaqque@athena:~]% which login
> /bin/login
> [jaqque@athena:~]% login
> No utmp entry.  You must exec "login" from the lowest level "sh"
> zsh: exit 1     login

That works if:

 - you're on a real tty (serial, VC; not a pty)

 - you use "exec", i.e. "exec login".

I just tried it, and it works.  Indeed, I believe it's worked on other
Unix systems I've been on.


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