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Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped?

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One minor nit...

On 6/6/19 3:22 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> Back then [TM], when we were young and handsome [1], a Unix
> box had several terminals connected to it. Typically users
> would show up at one of these terminals, perhaps hit ENTER,
> and be presented with some greeting -- something like "Login:",
> perhaps.
>
> Entering user name and password gave the user an interactive
> session, courtesy of a shell.

No longer so young, and never handsome, but still connecting to our 
servers via a terminal connection (SSH specifically).  Pretty common for 
servers - why bother with popping an X-window or other GUI for sys admin 
work.  Lots of getty instances running, sitting on network ports, just 
waiting for logins.

Miles Fidelman

-- 
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.  .... Yogi Berra

Theory is when you know everything but nothing works.
Practice is when everything works but no one knows why.
In our lab, theory and practice are combined:
nothing works and no one knows why.  ... unknown

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What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-06-06 04:10 +0200
  Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2019-06-06 04:50 +0200
  Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-06-06 04:50 +0200
    Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-06-06 05:20 +0200
      Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2019-06-06 17:00 +0200
  Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-06-06 09:30 +0200
    Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-06-06 13:20 +0200
      Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-06-06 13:40 +0200
        Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-06-06 14:20 +0200
    Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-06-06 14:30 +0200
      Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-06-06 14:40 +0200
        Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-06-06 21:10 +0200
    Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2019-06-06 17:00 +0200
  Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-06-07 18:00 +0200
    Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-06-08 03:40 +0200
      Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-06-08 04:10 +0200
        Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-06-08 05:50 +0200
          Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-06-08 07:20 +0200
            Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-06-08 10:50 +0200
              Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-06-08 16:30 +0200
                Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-06-08 17:30 +0200
                Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-06-09 09:20 +0200
                Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2019-06-09 10:10 +0200
                Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-06-09 10:30 +0200
                Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-06-09 12:00 +0200
                Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-06-09 13:10 +0200
                Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-06-09 17:00 +0200
                Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-09 20:20 +0200
                Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-06-10 06:10 +0200
  Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-06-10 10:50 +0200
    Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-06-10 13:20 +0200
      Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-06-10 15:50 +0200
        Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-06-10 16:20 +0200
        Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-06-10 18:00 +0200

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