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vt100 ttyp2 vt100 ttyp3 You use the /etc/inittab file to set the behavior of each terminal. The format of the /etc/inittab file follows this pattern: ID:runlevel:action:process The ID is a one or two character string that uniquely identifies the entry. For terminals, this string corresponds to the device name, such as 1 for tty1. The runlevel decides the capabilities of the terminal with the various states the Linux operating system can be in. Run levels vary from 0 to 6. If no entry is provided, the terminal supports all run levels. You can mention multiple run levels in the field. The action indicates the behavior of the terminal device when the system starts and when a getty process is terminated on it. Several valid entries for the action field apply to terminals: ● once starts the process once ● ondemand always keeps the process running (the same as respawn) ● respawn always keeps the process running A simple /etc/inittab file showing terminal startup commands (taken from an earlier version of Linux for clarity's sake, as the latest version complicates the lines a little) looks like the following:
