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



      NAME
           ttys - terminal initialization data

      DESCRIPTION
           The ttys file is read by the init program and specifies which termi-
           nal  special files are to have a process created for them which will
           allow people to log in.  It contains one line per special file.

           The first character of a line is  either  `0'  or  `1';  the  former
           causes the line to be ignored, the latter causes it to be effective.
           The second character is used as an argument to getty(8), which  per-
           forms  such  tasks as baud-rate recognition, reading the login name,
           and calling login. For normal lines, the  character  is  `0';  other
           characters can be used, for example, with hard-wired terminals where
           speed recognition is unnecessary or which have special  characteris-
           tics.  (Getty will have to be fixed in such cases.) The remainder of
           the line is the terminal's entry in the device directory, /dev.

      FILES
           /etc/ttys

      SEE ALSO
           init(8), getty(8), login(1)
































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