NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       getty  -  Sets  the  terminal type, modes, speed, and line
       discipline

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       getty [-h] [-t time] line speed_label terminal line_discipline


       getty -c file

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Hold  the  carrier during the initialization phase; do not
       hang up.  Set the time period to the specified  number  of
       seconds.  Drop the line after that amount of time if nothing
 is typed.  Check the specified gettydefs file.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The getty command sets and manages terminals by setting up
       speed, terminal flags, and the line discipline. If command
       options are provided, getty adapts  the  system  to  those
       specifications.   getty prints the login prompt, waits for
       the user to enter a username, and invokes the  login  command.


       getty  uses  the /etc/gettydefs file for terminal information.
  The line argument refers  to  the  device  name  in
       /dev.  The  speed_label  argument  is  a  pointer into the
       /etc/gettydefs file where the definitions  for  speed  and
       other  associated  options are located. The terminal argument
  specifies  the  name  of  the  terminal  type.   The
       line_discipline  argument  specifies  the name of the line
       discipline.

       The second syntax for the getty command provides  a  check
       option.   When  getty  is  invoked  with the -c option and
       filename argument, it checks the  specified  file  in  the
       same way it scans gettydefs for terminal information, then
       prints the results to standard output.

       By default, the getty daemon writes the login string specified
  in  the message field of the /etc/gettydefs file to
       any terminal spawned or respawned  from  the  /etc/inittab
       file.  If  an  /etc/issue file is present, getty reads the
       file and writes its contents  to  the  terminal  prior  to
       writing  the  login string specified in the /etc/gettydefs
       file.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       Specifies the command path.  Specifies the  terminal  line
       database  file.   Specifies  the  path  name for the issue
       identification file.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Commands: init(8), login(1), stty(1)

       Files: issue(4).



                                                         getty(8)