TTYS(5)                     BSD Programmer's Manual                    TTYS(5)

NAME
     ttys - terminal initialization information

DESCRIPTION
     The file ttys contains information that is used by various routines to
     initialize and control the use of terminal special files.  This informa-
     tion is read with the getttyent(3) library routines.  The There is one
     line in the ttys file per special device file.  Fields are separated by
     tabs and/or spaces.  Fields comprised of more than one word should be en-
     closed 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.

     The first field is the name of the terminal special file as it is found
     in /dev.

     The second field of the file is the command to execute for the line, usu-
     ally getty(8),  which initializes and opens the line, setting the speed,
     waiting for a user name and executing the login(1) program.  It can be,
     however, any desired command, for example the start up for a window sys-
     tem terminal emulator or some other daemon process, and can contain mul-
     tiple words if quoted.

     The third field is the type of terminal usually connected to that tty
     line, normally the one found in the termcap(5) data base file.  The envi-
     ronment variable TERM is initialized with the value by either getty(8) or
     login(1).

     The remaining fields set flags in the tystatus entry (see getttyent(3))
     or specify a window system process that init(8) will maintain for the
     terminal line.

     As flag values, the strings ``on'' and ``off'' specify that init should
     (should not) execute the command given in the second field, while ``se-
     cure'' (if ``on'' is also specified) allows users with a uid of 0 to lo-
     gin on this line.  These flag fields should not be quoted.

     The string ``window='' may be followed by a quoted command string which
     init will execute before starting the command specified by the second
     field.

EXAMPLES
     # 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      # 555-1234
     # Mike's terminal: hp2621
     ttyh0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   hp2621-nl       on      # 457 Evans
     # John's terminal: vt100
     ttyh1   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   on              # 459 Evans
     # terminal emulate/window system
     ttyv0   "/usr/new/xterm -L :0"          vs100   on window="/usr/new/Xvs100 0"
     # Network pseudo ttys -- don't enable getty
     ttyp0   none    network
     ttyp1   none    network off

FILES
     /etc/ttys

SEE ALSO
     login(1),  getttyent(3),  ttyslot(3),  gettytab(5),  termcap(5),
     getty(8),  init(8)

HISTORY

     A ttys file appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

BSDI BSD/386                    March 26, 1993                               2