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1 | .TH TTYS 5 |
2 | .SH NAME | |
3 | ttys \- terminal initialization data | |
4 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
5 | The | |
6 | .I ttys | |
7 | file is read by the | |
8 | .I init | |
9 | program and specifies | |
10 | which terminal special files are to have | |
11 | a process created for them which will allow people to | |
12 | log in. | |
13 | It contains one line per special file. | |
14 | .PP | |
15 | The first character of a line is either `0' or `1'; | |
16 | the former causes the line to be ignored, | |
17 | the latter causes it to be effective. | |
18 | The second character is used as an argument to | |
19 | .IR getty (8), | |
20 | which performs such tasks as baud-rate recognition, | |
21 | reading the login name, | |
22 | and calling | |
23 | .I login. | |
24 | For normal lines, | |
25 | the character is `0'; | |
26 | other characters can be used, for example, with hard-wired terminals | |
27 | where speed recognition is unnecessary | |
28 | or which have special characteristics. | |
29 | .RI ( Getty | |
30 | will have to be fixed in such cases.) | |
31 | The remainder of the line is the terminal's entry | |
32 | in the device directory, /dev. | |
33 | .SH FILES | |
34 | /etc/ttys | |
35 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
36 | init(8), getty(8), login(1) |