Re: multiple copies of getty running Newbie #61

[Jor-el <jorel@trillian.megadodo.umb>]

On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Ian Balchin wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I see in top that there are always copies of getty running - 4 copies 
> that I can see all owned by root.
> 
> Is this normal?
> 
Ian,

	'man getty' produces (among other things) :

DESCRIPTION
       getty  opens  a  tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
/bin/login command. It is normally
       invoked by init(8).

	Does that answer your question? Look at your /etc/inittab and
check to see how many times getty is set to spawn. You should see that
many instances on your system.

Regards,
Jor-el

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