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| author | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-11-21 07:43:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-11-21 07:43:53 +0000 |
| commit | d748864d2c912637ecc3d55874df9af6ff5c2c8f (patch) | |
| tree | 0a3dcec70b69c5a7ee8e879c8948626209651008 /libexec/getty/getty.8 | |
| parent | 692727e680acec216d8d86a2807aa88bfbba8245 (diff) | |
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Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/getty/getty.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | libexec/getty/getty.8 | 20 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
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 . |
