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Console login programs

  395   1 S    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1 
  396   2 S    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2 
  397   3 S    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3 
  398   4 S    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4 
  399   5 S    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5 
  400   6 S    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6

These provide login prompts on each virtual console. Their number can be controlled in /etc/inittab.



Michael C. Richardson
1998-11-15