[BusyBox] how to get login to ask for password on a given port?

[David Meggy]

On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 10:22, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   # getty -L 9600 ttd/0 &    # "-L" for local line, so don't do DCD

Try just adding this to /etc/inittab.  That is where login's belong and
will get automatically started at boot.
 
>   have i missed a critical option here?  how does getty pass on the info 
> to /bin/login as to which port to continue to use?
 
try running "ls -l /proc/[login process number]/fd/"

You can then see what it's standard file descriptors are.

David

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     David Meggy
     Engineering

Technical Solutions Inc.
Unit #1 7157 Honeyman St
Delta BC Canada, V4G 1E2
     www.techsol.ca

eMail: dmeggy at techsol.ca
Tel: 604 946 TECH (8324)
Fax: 604 946 6445
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~