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diff --git a/libexec/getty/getty.8 b/libexec/getty/getty.8 deleted file mode 100644 index ffd506064046..000000000000 --- a/libexec/getty/getty.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,127 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 -.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software -.\" must display the following acknowledgement: -.\" This product includes software developed by the University of -.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. -.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors -.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software -.\" without specific prior written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" @(#)getty.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 -.\" -.Dd June 4, 1993 -.Dt GETTY 8 -.Os BSD 4 -.Sh NAME -.Nm getty -.Nd set terminal mode -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm getty -.Oo -.Ar type -.Op Ar tty -.Oc -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Nm getty -program -is called by -.Xr init 8 -to open and initialize the tty line, read a login name, and invoke -.Xr login 1 . -.Pp -The argument -.Ar tty -is the special device file in -.Pa /dev -to open for the terminal (for example, ``ttyh0''). -If there is no argument or the argument is -.Ql Fl , -the tty line is assumed to be open as file descriptor 0. -.Pp -The -.Ar type -argument can be used to make -.Nm getty -treat the terminal line specially. -This argument is used as an index into the -.Nm gettytab 5 -database, to determine the characteristics of the line. -If there is no argument, or there is no such table, the -.Em default -table is used. -If there is no -.Pa /etc/gettytab -a set of system defaults is used. -If indicated by the table located, -.Nm getty -will clear the terminal screen, -print a banner heading, -and prompt for a login name. -Usually either the banner or the login prompt will include -the system hostname. -.Pp -Most of the default actions of -.Nm getty -can be circumvented, or modified, by a suitable -.Nm gettytab -table. -.Pp -The -.Nm getty -program -can be set to timeout after some interval, -which will cause dial up lines to hang up -if the login name is not entered reasonably quickly. -.Sh DIAGNOSTICS -.Bl -diag -.It "ttyxx: No such device or address." -.It "ttyxx: No such file or address." -A terminal which is turned -on in the -.Xr 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, -or the special file in -.Pa /dev -does not exist. -.El -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /etc/gettytab -compact -.It Pa /etc/gettytab -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr gettytab 5 , -.Xr init 8 , -.Xr login 1 , -.Xr ioctl 2 , -.Xr tty 4 , -.Xr ttys 5 -.Sh HISTORY -A -.Nm getty -program appeared in -.At v6 . |