3 ttytab \- table of login terminals
13 file lists all the terminal devices that one can login on. It is a simple
14 text file that contains lines of the form:
18 .ta +\w'namennn'u +\w'typennn'u +\w'"getty"nnn'u
19 name type "getty" "init"
28 fields are simple words,
30 is the name of the terminal device with
34 tells the type of terminal to initialize the
42 fields may name commands that are run to allow one to login on the line, or
43 to initialize the line. Both these fields may be more than one word if
44 the whole field is enclosed in double quotes.
46 is usually simply the word
48 the command that prints a system identification banner and allows on to type
53 command to set the baud rate and parity of a serial line.
57 field may be omitted to indicate that no initialization is necessary, and the
59 field may be left out to not start a login process. Terminals should not be
60 left out, because their place in the
62 file determines their slot number as returned by
65 Comments (introduced by #) and empty lines are ignored.
69 for the console, two serial lines, and a pseudo tty entry:
73 .ta +\w'consolennn'u +\w'networknnn'u +\w'gettynnnn'u
75 tty00 vt100 getty "stty 9600"
76 tty01 dialup getty "stty 38400"
86 It is customary to set the type to
88 for a dialin line. One can check for that name in one's
95 Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)