potential bug . Iam working on a windows m/a and am
using the linux server by telneting but to my surprise the /etc/utmp and
the ps -el cribs . my windows 95 m/c crashed and to my surprise I found
that the ps -el
still shows the sh ( which corresponded to the tty
line I opened earlier before the crash). the tty line
still exists and the utmp entry shows that the process
isn't dead and is assosciated with the tty .
Iam sure such a situation won't happen for a dumb terminal in a unix network
since there is no question of a crash and the only max limit is to switch
the terminal on and off , in such a situation the getty will be respawned
and the older tty line is lost and a fresh on eis restarted.
