[techtalk] Is this normal?

aaron aaron at powertrip.net
Mon Mar 6 10:54:47 EST 2000


Yup, it's normal.  Those are just the processes waiting for logins on your
console's virtual terminals (ALT-F1 through ALT-F6).

- Aaron Schultz
- aaron at powertrip.net
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On Mon, 6 Mar 2000 lilith at paxumbrae.com wrote:

> The following lines show up on a ps -eaf | more
> 
> root       218     1  0 11:38 tty2     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
> root       219     1  0 11:38 tty3     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
> root       220     1  0 11:38 tty4     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
> root       221     1  0 11:38 tty5     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
> root       222     1  0 11:38 tty6     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux
> 
> Is this normal? I -think- this is just place-holder, but I don't really know what is going on here or if it is a good thing or a bad thing. Any information would be appreciated! Root is not logged in at the time of this ps.
> 
> Thank you!
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