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) Printed 11/10/80 1