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



NAME
     ttys - terminal initialization data

DESCRIPTION
     The _t_t_y_s file is read by the _i_n_i_t program and specifies
     which terminal 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 argu-
     ment to _g_e_t_t_y(8), which performs such tasks as baud-rate
     recognition, reading the login name, and calling _l_o_g_i_n. 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 charac-
     teristics.  (_G_e_t_t_y 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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