Re: Using ttyvc0 device name instead of tty01
From: Yves Leclerc (yleclercNOSPAM_at_maysys.com)
Date: 08/08/03
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Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 16:16:24 -0400
It is possible that on the 4.2 box the system console might have been
"re-directed" to another device, such as a serial terminal (ttyvc0)??
Yves
"Brian Lavender" <brian@brie.com> wrote in message
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> I am in the process of replacing a SCO OSR 4.2 box with a 5.0.7
> machine. One of the things I noticed on the original system is that
> /dev/tty01 has been replaced with /dev/ttyvc0 and that some of the
> application references this console with this device. So, on the new
> server, I would like to replicate the same behavior.
>
> I created the device with the command
>
> mknod c 0 0 ttyvc0
>
> and then in the inittab, I replaced tty01 with ttyvc0. So the
> following lines got modified.
>
> co:2345:respawn:/etc/getty tty01 sc_m
> co1:1:respawn:/bin/sh -c "sleep 20; exec /etc/getty tty01 sc_m"
>
> co:2345:respawn:/etc/getty ttyvc0 sc_m
> co1:1:respawn:/bin/sh -c "sleep 20; exec /etc/getty ttyvc0 sc_m"
>
> Now when I log in at the console, it does show ttyvc0 as my terminal.
>
> What I am wondering is how this can otherwise impact my system, and
> are there other areas that need changing?
>
> brian
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