Re: Runiing processes. What are these?
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> I was looking at running processes. Found these:
> 199 2 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2
> 200 3 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3
> 201 4 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4
> 202 5 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5
> 203 6 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty6
> Why are all these running, and do they all have to run?
> I use Xisp to connect to my ISP.
Those are there so that you can log on to virtual terminals 2-6 (when
you're not logged-in on tty1, there's a getty running on tty1.) No, you
don't necessarily need them, but most people find them convenient. If you
want to turn them off (and I recommend you leave at least one running)
read up on /etc/inittab.
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