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On 13 December 2006 18:02, Grant wrote: |
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> I seem to have 6 agetty processes running on my system, but I'm the |
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> only one who ever logs into my server. How can I reduce the number of |
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> running agetty processes? |
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Those are the getties sitting on your virtual consoles F1 - F6 and let you log |
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in on text consoles if you wish so. They are defined in /etc/inittab: |
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# TERMINALS |
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c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux |
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c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux |
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c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux |
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c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux |
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c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux |
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c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux |
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Just delete any of these lines you don't need (and reboot or do a "telinit |
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q"). |
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Be aware of four things: |
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1. |
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If you delete all of those line above you won't be able to log in on a text |
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console at all which is extremely inconvenient if X fails for whatever |
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reason. |
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2. |
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Those agetty processes don't really use any of your resources. It's hardly |
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worth it to get rid of them. ;-) |
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3. |
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Next time your /etc/inittab is updated by etc-update after a update world, |
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your changes are lost. |
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4. |
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If you delete the first line starting with "c1" and your system *needs* to |
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boot into single user mode (no graphics there) because your filesystem is |
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corrupt beyond automatic repair (or some other reason), it won't be able to. |
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=8-O |
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Uwe |
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http://www.SysEx.com.na |
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