when getty emits its first prompt, it flushes typeahead beforehand.
login (which emits the later prompts) does not.
any reason is shouldn't?
paul
--- loginutils/login.c 5 Nov 2007 13:45:40 -0000 1.1
+++ loginutils/login.c 5 Nov 2007 16:59:40 -0000
@@ -291,6 +291,10 @@
openlog(applet_name, LOG_PID | LOG_CONS | LOG_NOWAIT, LOG_AUTH);
while (1) {
+
+ /* flush away any type-ahead (as getty does) */
+ (void) ioctl(0, TCFLSH, TCIFLUSH);
+
if (!username[0])
get_username_or_die(username, sizeof(username));
=---------------------
paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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