Lets clear up some misconceptions

[Charles Steinkuehler]

Brian Densmore wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brian Kelsay
>> [snip]
>> You are aware of your ability under Linux to switch another 
>> TTY and shut 
>> down the offending process?  Or remotely do so?  It may not work very 
>> practically on my old hunker of a laptop, but on a decent desktop or 
>> server it would be a life saver.  If the WM freezes for some 
>> reason, you 
>> can Ctl-Alt-Bksp and kill X and the WM.  You knew that didn't you?
> Unless the process locks up the keyboard. 
> Which I have had happen several times.
> Just because it's open source doesn't mean it can't crash and leave you
> with no option but to hit the reset button.

And sshd was totally dead, as well?

What about the spare serial getty I always like to keep in my inittab?

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Charles Steinkuehler
charles at steinkuehler.net