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.Dd May 27, 2005 .Dt TTYS 5 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ttys .Nd terminal initialization information .Sh DESCRIPTION The file .Nm contains information that is used by various routines to initialize and control the use of terminal special files. This information is read with the .Xr getttyent 3 library routines. There is one line in the .Nm file per special device file. Fields are separated by tabs and/or spaces. Fields comprised of more than one word should be enclosed in double quotes (``"''). Blank lines and comments may appear anywhere in the file; comments are delimited by hash marks (``#'') and new lines. Any unspecified fields will default to null.
p The first field is normally the name of the terminal special file as it is found in
a /dev . However, it can be any arbitrary string when the associated command is not related to a tty.
p The second field of the file is the command to execute for the line, usually .Xr getty 8 , which initializes and opens the line, setting the speed, waiting for a user name and executing the .Xr login 1 program. It can be, however, any desired command, for example the start up for a window system terminal emulator or some other daemon process, and can contain multiple words if quoted.
p The third field is the type of terminal usually connected to that tty line, normally the one found in the .Xr termcap 5 data base file. The environment variable .Ev TERM is initialized with the value by either .Xr getty 8 or .Xr login 1 .
p The remaining fields set flags in the .Fa ty_status entry (see .Xr getttyent 3 ) , specify a window system process that .Xr init 8 will maintain for the terminal line, optionally determine the type of tty (whether dialin, network or otherwise), or specify a tty group name that allows the login class database (see .Xr login.conf 5 ) to refer to many ttys as a group, to selectively allow or deny access or enable or disable accounting facilities for ttys as a group.
p As flag values, the strings ``on'' and ``off'' specify that .Xr init 8 should (should not) execute the command given in the second field. ``onifconsole'' will cause this line to be enabled if and only if it is an active kernel console device (it is equivalent to ``on'' in this case). The flag ``secure'' (if the console is enabled) allows users with a uid of 0 to login on this line. The flag ``dialin'' indicates that a tty entry describes a dialin line, and ``network'' indicates that a tty entry provides a network connection. Either of these strings may also be specified in the terminal type field. The string ``window='' may be followed by a quoted command string which .Xr init 8 will execute .Em before starting the command specified by the second field.
p The string ``group='' may be followed by a group name comprised of alphanumeric characters that can be used by .Xr login.conf 5 to refer to many tty lines as a group to enable or disable access and accounting facilities. If no group is specified, then the tty becomes a member of the group "none". For backwards compatibility, the ``group='' should appear last on the line, immediately before the optional comment.
p Both the second field and any command specified with ``window='' will be split into words and executed using .Xr execve 2 . Words are separated by any combinations of tabs and spaces. Arguments containing whitespace should be enclosed in single quotes
q Li ' .
Note that no shell-style globbing or other variable substitution occurs.
.Sh FILES
l -tag -width /etc/ttys -compact t Pa /etc/ttys .El
.Sh EXAMPLES
d -literal # root login on console at 1200 baud
console "/usr/libexec/getty std.1200" vt100 on secure
# dialup at 1200 baud, no root logins
ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty d1200" dialup on group=dialup # 555-1234
# Mike's terminal: hp2621
ttyh0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" hp2621-nl on group=dialup # 457 Evans
# John's terminal: vt100
ttyh1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on group=dialup # 459 Evans
# terminal emulate/window system
ttyv0 "/usr/local/bin/xterm -display :0" xterm on window="/usr/local/bin/X :0"
# Network pseudo ttys -- don't enable getty
ttyp0 none network group=pty
ttyp1 none network off group=pty
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr login 1 ,
.Xr getttyent 3 ,
.Xr gettytab 5 ,
.Xr login.conf 5 ,
.Xr termcap 5 ,
.Xr getty 8 ,
.Xr init 8
.Xr init 8 ,
.Xr ttyflags 8
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm
file appeared in
.At v6 .