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Re: Login

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elliot Lee)
Sat Nov 2 18:49:19 1996

Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 18:46:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Elliot Lee <sopwith@cuc.edu>
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In-Reply-To: <199611020011.RAA04770@amphlem.corp.apple.com>
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On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Eric S. Pulley wrote:

> Can anyone explain why I can see my login PID from ps.  Or I guess a better
> question would be why doesn't the login program exit after I've logged in under
> RH 4.0?  Never seen this before on any Unix.  Feel free to get technical.

login has to stay around to close the PAM session when the user logs out.

-- Elliot

A: "Talk about stupidity!"
B: "Who, you?"
A: "No, me!"


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