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authorPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1997-11-21 07:43:53 +0000
committerPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1997-11-21 07:43:53 +0000
commitd748864d2c912637ecc3d55874df9af6ff5c2c8f (patch)
tree0a3dcec70b69c5a7ee8e879c8948626209651008 /libexec/getty/getty.8
parent692727e680acec216d8d86a2807aa88bfbba8245 (diff)
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diff --git a/libexec/getty/getty.8 b/libexec/getty/getty.8
index 0fe8e796ec32..5492a9166b2e 100644
--- a/libexec/getty/getty.8
+++ b/libexec/getty/getty.8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)getty.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $Id: getty.8,v 1.7 1997/02/22 14:21:37 peter Exp $
+.\" $Id: getty.8,v 1.8 1997/08/17 16:36:41 steve Exp $
.\" "
.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt GETTY 8
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
.Oc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Nm getty
+.Nm
program
is called by
.Xr init 8
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ the tty line is assumed to be open as file descriptor 0.
The
.Ar type
argument can be used to make
-.Nm getty
+.Nm
treat the terminal line specially.
This argument is used as an index into the
.Xr gettytab 5
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ If there is no
.Pa /etc/gettytab
a set of system defaults is used.
If indicated by the table located,
-.Nm getty
+.Nm
will clear the terminal screen,
print a banner heading,
and prompt for a login name.
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ Usually either the banner or the login prompt will include
the system hostname.
.Pp
Most of the default actions of
-.Nm getty
+.Nm
can be circumvented, or modified, by a suitable
-.Nm gettytab
+.Pa gettytab
table.
.Pp
The
-.Nm getty
+.Nm
program
can be set to timeout after some interval,
which will cause dial up lines to hang up
@@ -100,9 +100,10 @@ if the login name is not entered reasonably quickly.
.Bl -diag
.It "ttyxx: No such device or address."
.It "ttyxx: No such file or address."
+.Pp
A terminal which is turned
on in the
-.Xr ttys
+.Pa ttys
file cannot be opened, likely because the requisite
lines are either not configured into the system, the associated device
was not attached during boot-time system configuration,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ does not exist.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/gettytab -compact
.It Pa /etc/gettytab
+.It Pa /etc/ttys
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr login 1 ,
@@ -123,6 +125,6 @@ does not exist.
.Xr init 8
.Sh HISTORY
A
-.Nm getty
+.Nm
program appeared in
.At v6 .