On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 06:00:23PM -0400, Katherine Rohl wrote: > You can reload the ttys file by sending SIGHUP to the init process. > init(8) mentions this but ttys(5) does not, which can be confusing for > users who don't know that. I've added a note to this effect to ttys(5) > referencing init(8). > > Index: ttys.5 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/libexec/getty/ttys.5,v > retrieving revision 1.11 > diff -u -p -r1.11 ttys.5 > --- ttys.5 22 Oct 2008 22:16:16 -0000 1.11 > +++ ttys.5 23 Sep 2018 20:21:23 -0000 > @@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ may be followed by a quoted command stri > will execute > .Em before > starting the command specified by the second field. > +.El > +.Pp > +Changes to the ttys file will not take effect until it is reloaded by > +.Xr init 8 , > +which can be triggered without a reboot by sending it a terminal line > hangup > +(HUP) signal. See the > +.Xr init 8 > +man page for more information. > + > .Sh FILES > .Bl -tag -width /etc/ttys -compact > .It Pa /etc/ttys >
i committed a shorter version of this (included below). thanks for the mail, jmc Index: ttys.5 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/libexec/getty/ttys.5,v retrieving revision 1.11 diff -u -r1.11 ttys.5 --- ttys.5 22 Oct 2008 22:16:16 -0000 1.11 +++ ttys.5 25 Sep 2018 20:01:15 -0000 @@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ will execute .Em before starting the command specified by the second field. +.Pp +Changes to the ttys file take effect after it has been reloaded by +.Xr init 8 , +which can be triggered by sending it a +.Dv HUP +signal. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/ttys -compact .It Pa /etc/ttys
