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Is this normal for OS X to create a pseudo tty for every instance of "terminal" that we run?

$ who
userx console Feb 26 09:19
userx ttyp1 Feb 26 09:33
userx ttyp2 Feb 26 09:33
userx ttyp3 Feb 26 10:26

10:33 up 1:15, 4 users, load averages: 0.26 0.23 0.16
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT
userx console - 9:19 1:13 -
userx p1 - 9:33 - w
userx p2 - 9:33 7 sh
userx p3 - 10:26 5 -bash-bash-bash
 
I think it did on 10.0 and 10.1, then didn't on 10.2, then did again on 10.3. Or maybe it did in 10.0, then in 10.1 it always added entries but didn't drop them correctly. I don't recall exactly...
 
scruffy, could you open up two or three terminal windows and type "who" into one of them, and then paste the output into a reply message here? or anyone else? inlcude the OS X version number you're running. I'm using 10.3.8
 
Last login: Sun Feb 27 12:18:01 on ttyp3
Welcome to Darwin!
0 12:18 mark@Inch:mark $ w
12:18 up 5 mins, 5 users, load averages: 0.57 0.49 0.25
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT
mark console - 12:14 3 -
mark p1 - 12:17 - -bash
mark p2 - 12:18 - -bash
mark p3 - 12:18 - -bash
mark p4 - 12:18 - w
0 12:18 mark@Inch:mark $ who
mark console Feb 27 12:14
mark ttyp1 Feb 27 12:17
mark ttyp2 Feb 27 12:18
mark ttyp3 Feb 27 12:18
mark ttyp4 Feb 27 12:18
0 12:18 mark@Inch:mark $ system_profiler -detailLevel -2
Hardware:

Hardware Overview:

Machine Model: Power Macintosh G3 Series
CPU Type: PowerPC 750 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 300 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 320 MB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 1.1.1f4






Software:

System Software Overview:

System Version: Mac OS X 10.3.8 (7U16)
Kernel Version: Darwin 7.8.0
Boot Volume: Chyropter
Computer Name: Inch
User Name: Mark Senior (mark)
 
Hmm. The only output that I get is my username logged in on console, no matter how many terminal windows I've got open. I have 10.3.8. Also, in Terminal Preferences, I have it set to "Execute this command" (/bin/bash) rather than the default (/usr/bin/login). That might have something to do with it.
 
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