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From: Serge B Bromow <serge@omensys.com>
Subject: Re: Running a program on a specific terminal automatically?
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 17:47:06 -0500
References: <94pibq$605@dispatch.concentric.net> 

Kurt Heuser wrote:

> Is there a way at boot time to have a particular program start up on a
> specified terminal in sco unix 5.0.5?
>
> Thanks
>
> KH

Here is a Xenix solution that has been
carried forward to the OSR5 login program.

1. Create an entry in the "/etc/gettydefs" file that looks like this.

 M # B9600 HUPCL SCANCODE # B9600 CS8 SANE HUPCL TAB3 ECHOE #\r\nlogin: #
m # AUTO

Note the AUTO statement. This does not appear to be documented in OSR5.

2. Edit the "/etc/inittab" to use this entry for the ttty you want to
auto load. In my example "tty10a".

srAm:2:respawn:/etc/getty tty10a M

Note the M referring to your entry in "/etc/gettydefs".

3.  Create a user named as the tty line. In my case "tty10a"

4. Edit the "/etc/passwd" file so that it loads the program you want.

tty10a:x:210:50:POS Auto Login:/u:/usr/lib/dmc/prg/pd.mnu_M

Here my app must begin in the "/u" dir and the app is
"/usr/lib/dmc/prg/pd.mnu_M

Disable and Enable the port for these changes to take effect.

Im not sure how many more generations of OSR5 will carry this
undocumented feature.

Good Luck.

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