getty..not hanging up

[Roy M. Silvernail]

In article <NSSGK+ at utower.gopas.sub.org>, fischer at utower.gopas.sub.org (Axel Fischer) writes:
> tim at comcon.UUCP (Tim Brown) writes:
> [about a getty not always hanging up on a logout]
> 
> This happens always when you start a process in the background.
> [...]
> You could also do this with a simple "tail -f .cshrc &"
> If you start it and logs off you will always get a fresh login message
> until you kill the process.

(ob disclaimer... Tim is my sysadmin;-)

I just tried this exact procedure. (tail -f .bashrc &, running a bash
shell) ps reported a shell and a tail in the background. I typed 'bye'
and the system dropped carrier. I don't think it's specific to bash
shell, though, because the Bourne shell would act the same way, and
_sometimes_, the system would not hang up the modem.

On the bright side, it doesn't seem to be happening as frequently now:-)

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