[ale] per Zot's request:

[Michael David Ivey]

Here's my old inittab, that no longer spawns getty's right:

#
# inittab	This file describes how the INIT process should set up
#		the system in a certain run-level.
#
# Version:	@(#)inittab		2.04	17/05/93	MvS
#
# Author:	Miquel van Smoorenburg, <miquels at drinkel.nl.mugnet.org>
#
# Default runlevel.
id:5:initdefault:

# System initialization (runs when system boots).
si:S:sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.S

# Script to run when going single user.
su:S:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.K

# Script to run when going multi user.
rc:123456:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.M

# What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -rf now

# What to do when power fails (shutdown to single user).
pf::powerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f +5 "THE POWER IS FAILING"

# If power is back before shutdown, cancel the running shutdown.
pg:0123456:powerokwait:/sbin/shutdown -c "THE POWER IS BACK"

# If power comes back in single user mode, return to multi user mode.
ps:S:powerokwait:/sbin/init 5

# The getties in multi user mode on consoles an serial lines.
#
# NOTE NOTE NOTE adjust this to your getty or you will not be
#                able to login !!
#
# Note: for 'agetty' you use linespeed, line.
# for 'getty_ps' you use line, linespeed and also use 'gettydefs'
c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1
c2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2
c3:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3
c4:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4
c5:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5
c6:456:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6
c7:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty7
c8:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty8

# Serial lines
#s1:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty 19200 ttyS0
#s2:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty 19200 ttyS1

# Dialup lines
#d1:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS0
#d2:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS1

# Runlevel 6 used to be for an X-window only system, until we discovered
# that it throws init into a loop that keeps your load avg at least 1 all 
# the time. Thus, there is now one getty opened on tty6. Hopefully no one
# will notice. ;^)
# It might not be bad to have one text console anyway, in case something 
# happens to X.
#x1:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.6

# End of /etc/inittab