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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-09-08 18:03:29 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-09-08 18:03:29 +0000 |
commit | c6b04efe5b71f9cb932962168c5ab70b135ab1b2 (patch) | |
tree | dc3c5d67850ed4c4c0d1f4df50a22e1eb2411260 /libexec/getty | |
parent | 87a99320368312c83ab40b14a0b45f00edf824db (diff) |
Some miscellaneous man page repairs.
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/getty')
-rw-r--r-- | libexec/getty/getty.8 | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | libexec/getty/ttys.5 | 37 |
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/getty/getty.8 b/libexec/getty/getty.8 index 1b2827994b9..88f960d927b 100644 --- a/libexec/getty/getty.8 +++ b/libexec/getty/getty.8 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)getty.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 -.\" $Id: getty.8,v 1.6 2000/08/20 18:42:38 millert Exp $ +.\" $Id: getty.8,v 1.7 2000/09/08 18:03:27 aaron Exp $ .\" .Dd June 4, 1993 .Dt GETTY 8 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ .Oc .Sh DESCRIPTION The -.Nm getty +.Nm program is called by .Xr init 8 @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ the tty line is assumed to be open as file descriptor 0. The .Ar type argument can be used to make -.Nm getty +.Nm treat the terminal line specially. This argument is used as an index into the .Xr gettytab 5 @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ If there is no .Pa /etc/gettytab a set of system defaults is used. If indicated by the table located, -.Nm getty +.Nm will clear the terminal screen, print a banner heading, and prompt for a login name. @@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ Usually either the banner or the login prompt will include the system hostname. .Pp Most of the default actions of -.Nm getty +.Nm can be circumvented, or modified, by a suitable .Xr gettytab 5 table. .Pp The -.Nm getty +.Nm program can be set to timeout after some interval, which will cause dial up lines to hang up @@ -132,6 +132,6 @@ does not exist. .Xr init 8 .Sh HISTORY A -.Nm getty +.Nm program appeared in .At v6 . diff --git a/libexec/getty/ttys.5 b/libexec/getty/ttys.5 index 77c73dc771f..49a810a71ad 100644 --- a/libexec/getty/ttys.5 +++ b/libexec/getty/ttys.5 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)ttys.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 -.\" $Id: ttys.5,v 1.4 1999/07/09 13:35:50 aaron Exp $ +.\" $Id: ttys.5,v 1.5 2000/09/08 18:03:28 aaron Exp $ .\" .Dd June 4, 1993 .Dt TTYS 5 @@ -39,21 +39,23 @@ .Nm ttys .Nd terminal initialization information .Sh DESCRIPTION -The file -.Nm ttys -contains information that is used by various routines to initialize +The +.Nm +file 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 ttys +.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 (``"''). +Fields comprised of more than one word should be enclosed in double quotes +.Pq Ql \&" . Blank lines and comments may appear anywhere in the file; comments -are delimited by hash marks (``#'') and new lines. +are delimited by hash marks +.Pq Ql # +and newlines. Any unspecified fields will default to null. .Pp The first field is the @@ -72,13 +74,12 @@ the start up for a window system terminal emulator or some other daemon process, and can contain multiple words if quoted. .Pp The third field is the type of terminal usually connected to that -tty line, normally the one found in the +TTY line, normally the one found in the .Xr termcap 5 -data base file. +database file. The environment variable .Dv TERM -is initialized with the value by -either +is initialized with the value by either .Xr getty 8 or .Xr login 1 . @@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ entry (see or specify a window system process that .Xr init 8 will maintain for the terminal line. -The following is a list of permitted flags for each tty: +The following is a list of permitted flags for each TTY: .Bl -tag -width xxxxxxx .It Ar on Specify that @@ -99,15 +100,15 @@ should execute the command given in the second field. .It Ar off The opposite of on. .It Ar secure -if +If .Ar on -is also specified, allows users with a uid of 0 to login on -this line. +is also specified, allows users with a UID of 0 to login on this line. .El .Pp Additionally, the following flags modify the default behavior of -the terminal line. Some of these flags may not be supported by a -terminal line driver. The flag fields should not be quoted. +the terminal line. +Some of these flags may not be supported by a terminal line driver. +The flag fields should not be quoted. .Bl -tag -width xxxxxxx .It Ar local Treat the line as if it is locally connected. |