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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: getty hidden process
From:       Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards () gmail ! com>
Date:       2017-03-22 20:32:12
Message-ID: oaun0c$7sp$1 () blaine ! gmane ! org
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On 2017-03-22, Cathey, Jim <jcathey@ciena.com> wrote:
>>If you've got a command prompt, then getty isn't running -- the shell is.
>
> Yes.
>
>>If you've got a _login_ prompt, then getty is running.
>
> Close!  Getty _might_ be running, or perhaps /bin/login
> is.  Could be either, depending on how you got there.

Ah, I forgot about that.  If you're looking at the _first_ login
prompt after the motd contents, then getty is running.  If you 've
tried to login and failed, and are looking at a "retry" login prompt,
then login is running.

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