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getty(8) System Manager's Manual getty(8) NAME getty - Sets the terminal type, modes, speed, and line discipline SYNOPSIS getty [-h] [-t time] line speed_label terminal line_discipline getty -c file FLAGS Hold the carrier during the initialization phase;do not hang up. Set the time period to the specified number of seconds. Drop the line af- ter that amount of time if nothing is typed. Check the specified get- tydefs file. DESCRIPTION The getty command sets and manages terminals by setting up speed, ter- minal flags, and the line discipline. If command flags are provided, getty adapts the system to those specifications. getty prints the lo- gin prompt, waits for the user to enter a username, and invokes the lo- gin 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 flags 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 in- formation, 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 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 Specifies the command path. Specifies the terminal line database file. Specifies the path name for the issue identification file RELATED INFORMATION Commands: init(8), login(1), stty(1) Files: issue(4). delim off getty(8)