> I currently have 24 virtual terminals setup with linux and i was wondering
> if there was a way to get certain terminals to auto-login as the user i
> select and start running a certain program when the system boots, like on
> /dev/tty12 i want it to login as root and run tail -f /var/log/messages,
> and for /dev/tty24 i want it to login as root and run trafshow(a
> sniffer) and on /dev/tty13 i want it to login as the user i irc with and
> start BitchX, and on /dev/tty14 i want it to login as the user i use for
> e-mail and start pine.
Can't help with the apps, but you can get the equivalent of
tail -f /var/log/messages by modifying syslog.conf to send
messages to /dev/tty12 as well as /var/log/messages.
In fact, I often set up a bunch of VTs with various syslogs,
such as kernel stuff, mail logs, apache logs, etc.
Later,
Kenn
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