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Old 07-15-2004, 03:00 AM   #1
muhkuhmasta
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disable agetty


which script do I have to edit in order to remove all those agettys? I don't want seven or so ttys two or three would be enough for me...

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ignore this I found the solution

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To be a bit more precise:

Change the following lines in /etc/inittab

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c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
c4:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
c5:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux



To

code:

c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
c4:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
c5:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux

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/etc/inittab /etc/inittab

Last edited by muhkuhmasta; 07-15-2004 at 03:15 AM.
 
Old 07-15-2004, 11:18 AM   #2
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the solution posted will add tty's in runlevel 4....

if you don't want to run them at all, you could comment out the respective lines with "#"
 
Old 07-15-2004, 03:50 PM   #3
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it was about the file, which is the same i suppose but thanks
 
  


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