getty(1M)                                                 System Administration Commands                                                 getty(1M)

NAME

       getty - set terminal type, modes, speed, and line discipline

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/saf/ttymon [-h] [-t timeout] line [ speed [ type [linedisc]]]

       /usr/lib/saf/ttymon -c file

DESCRIPTION

       getty  sets terminal type, modes, speed, and line discipline. getty is a symbolic link to  /usr/lib/saf/ttymon. It is included for compati-
       bility with previous releases  for the few applications that still call getty directly.

       getty can only be executed by the super-user, (a process with the user  ID root). Initially getty prints the login prompt,  waits  for  the
       user's  login  name,  and then invokes the login command. getty attempts to adapt the system to the terminal speed by using the options and
       arguments specified on the command line.

       Without optional arguments, getty specifies the following: The  speed of the interface is set to 300 baud, either parity is  allowed,  NEW-
       LINE  characters  are  converted to carriage return-line feed, and tab expansion is performed on the standard output. getty types the login
       prompt before reading the user's name a character at a time. If a null character (or framing error)  is received, it is assumed to  be  the
       result  of  the user pressing the  BREAK key. This will cause getty to attempt the next speed in the series. The series that getty tries is
       determined by what it finds in /etc/ttydefs .

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -h              If the -h flag is not set, a hangup will be forced by setting the speed to zero before setting the speed to the default  or
                       a specified speed.

       -t timeout      Specifies that getty should exit if the open on the line succeeds and no one types anything in  timeout seconds.

       -c file         The -c option is no longer supported. Instead use  /usr/sbin/sttydefs -l to list the contents of the  /etc/ttydefs file and
                       perform a validity check on the file.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       line                    The name of a  TTY line in  /dev to which getty is to attach itself. getty uses this string as the name of  a  file
                               in the /dev directory to open for reading and writing.

       speed                   The  speed argument is a label to a speed and  TTY definition in the file /etc/ttydefs. This definition tells getty
                               at what speed to run initially,  what the initial TTY settings are, and what speed to try next,  (should  the  user
                               press the  BREAK key to indicate that the speed is inappropriate). The default speed is 300 baud.

       type and linedisc       These options are obsolete and will be ignored.

FILES

       /etc/ttydefs

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsr                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ct(1C), login(1), sttydefs(1M), ttymon(1M), ioctl(2), attributes(5), tty(7D)

SunOS 5.10                                                          14 Sep 1992                                                          getty(1M)