why is tty->pgrp set to -1 for console?

[Dan Malek]

David Boutcher wrote:


> You need to be running something like mingetty on the console to have
> signals (like ctrl-c) picked up.  If you start Linux with something like
> "init=/bin/bash" then job control signals (like control C and control Z)
> won't work.

One of the main reasons for this is the process in slot 1 (i.e. init)
has special signal handling in the kernel.  There are a variety of ways
to get a shell with job control running on the console.  Starting some
version of getty/mingetty as you mentioned is one, you can also fork a
shell and use stty to set signals, or anything to get a shell running
as process 2 or above.


	-- Dan


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