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41 .Nd terminal configuration data base
48 is a simplified version of the
51 used to describe terminal lines.
52 The initial terminal login process
56 file each time it starts, allowing simpler
57 reconfiguration of terminal characteristics.
58 Each entry in the data base
59 is used to describe one class of terminals.
61 There is a default terminal class,
63 that is used to set global defaults for all other classes.
66 entry is read, then the entry for the class required
67 is used to override particular settings.)
71 for a description of the file layout.
74 column below lists defaults obtained if there is
75 no entry in the table obtained, nor one in the special
78 .Bl -column Name Type /usr/bin/login
79 .It Sy "Name Type Default Description
80 .It "ac str unused expect-send chat script for modem answer"
81 .It "al str unused user to auto-login instead of prompting"
82 .It "ap bool false terminal uses any parity"
83 .It "bk str 0377 alternate end of line character (input break)"
84 .It "c0 num unused tty control flags to write messages"
85 .It "c1 num unused tty control flags to read login name"
86 .It "c2 num unused tty control flags to leave terminal as"
87 .It "ce bool false use crt erase algorithm"
88 .It "ck bool false use crt kill algorithm"
89 .It "cl str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
90 .No "screen clear sequence"
91 .It "co bool false console - add"
94 .It "ct num 10 chat timeout for ac/ic scripts"
95 .It "dc num 0 chat debug bitmask"
96 .It "de num 0 delay secs and flush input before writing first prompt"
97 .It "df str %+ the" Xr strftime 3 "format used for \&%d in the banner message"
98 .It "ds str" Ta So Li ^Y Sc Ta
99 .No "delayed suspend character"
100 .It "dx bool false set"
102 .It "ec bool false leave echo"
104 .It "ep bool false terminal uses even parity"
105 .It "er str" Ta So Li ^? Sc Ta
106 .No "erase character"
107 .It "et str" Ta So Li ^D Sc Ta
111 .It "ev str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
112 .No "initial environment"
113 .It "f0 num unused tty mode flags to write messages"
114 .It "f1 num unused tty mode flags to read login name"
115 .It "f2 num unused tty mode flags to leave terminal as"
116 .It "fl str" Ta So Li ^O Sc Ta
117 .No "output flush character"
118 .It "hc bool false do"
120 hangup line on last close
121 .It "he str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
122 .No "hostname editing string"
123 .It "hn str hostname hostname"
124 .It "ht bool false terminal has real tabs"
125 .It "hw bool false do cts/rts hardware flow control"
126 .It "i0 num unused tty input flags to write messages"
127 .It "i1 num unused tty input flags to read login name"
128 .It "i2 num unused tty input flags to leave terminal as"
129 .It "ic str unused expect-send chat script for modem initialization"
130 .It "if str unused display named file before prompt, like /etc/issue"
131 .It "ig bool false ignore garbage characters in login name"
132 .It "im str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
133 .No "initial (banner) message"
134 .It "in str" Ta So Li ^C Sc Ta
135 .No "interrupt character"
136 .It "is num unused input speed"
137 .It "kl str" Ta So Li ^U Sc Ta
139 .It "l0 num unused tty local flags to write messages"
140 .It "l1 num unused tty local flags to read login name"
141 .It "l2 num unused tty local flags to leave terminal as"
142 .It "lm str login: login prompt"
143 .It "ln str" Ta So Li ^V Sc Ta
144 .No "``literal next'' character"
145 .It "lo str" Ta Pa /usr/bin/login Ta
146 .No "program to exec when name obtained"
147 .It "mb bool false do flow control based on carrier"
148 .It "nc bool false terminal does not supply carrier (set clocal)"
149 .It "nl bool false terminal has (or might have) a newline character"
150 .It "np bool false terminal uses no parity (i.e. 8-bit characters)"
151 .It "nx str default next table (for auto speed selection)"
152 .It "o0 num unused tty output flags to write messages"
153 .It "o1 num unused tty output flags to read login name"
154 .It "o2 num unused tty output flags to leave terminal as"
155 .It "op bool false terminal uses odd parity"
156 .It "os num unused output speed"
157 .It "pc str" Ta So Li \e0 Sc Ta
159 .It "pe bool false use printer (hard copy) erase algorithm"
161 between first prompt and following flush (seconds)
162 .It "pp str unused PPP authentication program"
163 .It "pl bool false don't detect PPP sequence, but start PPP login"
164 program referenced by pp automatically
165 .It "ps bool false line connected to a"
168 .It "qu str" Ta So Li \&^\e Sc Ta
170 .It "rp str" Ta So Li ^R Sc Ta
171 .No "line retype character"
172 .It "rt num unused ring timeout when using ac"
173 .It "rw bool false do"
175 use raw for input, use cbreak
176 .It "sp num unused line speed (input and output)"
177 .It "su str" Ta So Li ^Z Sc Ta
178 .No "suspend character"
179 .It "tc str none table continuation"
180 .It "to num 0 timeout (seconds)"
181 .It "tt str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
182 .No "terminal type (for environment)"
183 .It "ub bool false do unbuffered output (of prompts etc)"
184 .It "we str" Ta So Li ^W Sc Ta
185 .No "word erase character"
186 .It "xc bool false do
188 echo control chars as
190 .It "xf str" Ta So Li ^S Sc Ta Dv XOFF
191 (stop output) character
192 .It "xn str" Ta So Li ^Q Sc Ta Dv XON
193 (start output) character
194 .It "Lo str C the locale name used for \&%d in the banner message"
197 The following capabilities are no longer supported by
199 .Bl -column Name Type /usr/bin/login
200 .It "bd num 0 backspace delay"
201 .It "cb bool false use crt backspace mode"
202 .It "cd num 0 carriage-return delay"
203 .It "fd num 0 form-feed (vertical motion) delay"
204 .It "lc bool false terminal has lower case"
205 .It "nd num 0 newline (line-feed) delay"
206 .It "uc bool false terminal is known upper case only"
209 If no line speed is specified, speed will not be altered
210 from that which prevails when getty is entered.
211 Specifying an input or output speed will override
212 line speed for stated direction only.
214 Terminal modes to be used for the output of the message,
215 for input of the login name,
216 and to leave the terminal set as upon completion,
217 are derived from the boolean flags specified.
218 If the derivation should prove inadequate,
219 any (or all) of these three may be overridden
234 numeric specifications, which can be used to specify
235 (usually in octal, with a leading '0')
236 the exact values of the flags.
237 These flags correspond to the termios
243 fields, respectively. Each these sets must be completely specified to be
250 are excepted for backwards compatibility with a previous incarnation of
251 the TTY sub-system. In these flags the bottom 16 bits of the (32 bits)
252 value contain the sgttyb
254 field, while the top 16 bits represent the local mode word.
258 receive a null character
259 (presumed to indicate a line break)
260 it will restart using the table indicated by the
262 entry. If there is none, it will re-use its original table.
264 Delays are specified in milliseconds, the nearest possible
265 delay available in the tty driver will be used.
266 Should greater certainty be desired, delays
267 with values 0, 1, 2, and 3 are interpreted as
268 choosing that particular delay algorithm from the driver.
272 screen clear string may be preceded by a (decimal) number
273 of milliseconds of delay required (a la termcap).
274 This delay is simulated by repeated use of the pad character
277 The initial message, login message, and initial file;
282 may include any of the following character sequences, which expand to
283 information about the environment in which
286 .Bl -tag -offset indent -width \&%xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
288 The current date and time formatted according to the
294 The hostname of the machine, which is normally obtained from the
297 but may also be overridden by the
300 In either case it may be edited with the
305 string causes one character from the real hostname to
306 be copied to the final hostname.
309 string causes the next character of the real hostname
312 is neither '@' nor '#' is copied into the final hostname.
313 Surplus '@' and '#' characters are ignored.
316 .It "\&%m, \&%r, \&%s, \&%v"
317 The type of machine, release of the operating system, name of the
318 operating system, and version of the kernel, respectively, as
327 When getty execs the login process, given
331 .Dq Pa /usr/bin/login ) ,
333 the environment to include the terminal type, as indicated
336 string (if it exists).
339 string, can be used to enter additional data into
341 It is a list of comma separated strings, each of which
342 will presumably be of the form
345 If a non-zero timeout is specified, with
347 then getty will exit within the indicated
348 number of seconds, either having
349 received a login name and passed control
352 or having received an alarm signal, and exited.
353 This may be useful to hangup dial in lines.
357 is even parity unless
365 may be specified with
367 to allow any parity on input, but generate odd parity output.
368 Note: this only applies while getty is being run,
369 terminal driver limitations prevent a more complete
372 does not check parity of input characters in
378 string is specified and a PPP link bring up sequence is recognized,
379 getty will invoke the program referenced by the pp option. This
380 can be used to handle incoming PPP calls.
383 provides some basic intelligent modem handling by providing a chat
384 script feature available via two capabilities:
386 .Bl -tag -offset indent -width \&xxxxxxxx -compact
388 Chat script to initialize modem.
390 Chat script to answer a call.
393 A chat script is a set of expect/send string pairs.
394 When a chat string starts,
396 will wait for the first string, and if it finds it, will send the
398 Strings specified are separated by one or more tabs or spaces.
399 Strings may contain standard ASCII characters and special 'escapes',
400 which consist of a backslash character followed by one or more
401 characters which are interpreted as follows:
403 .Bl -tag -offset indent -width \&xxxxxxxx -compact
423 hexadecimal byte value.
430 sequence is only valid for send strings and causes a half-second
431 pause between sending the previous and next characters.
432 Hexadecimal values are, at most, 2 hex digits long, and octal
433 values are a maximum of 3 octal digits.
437 chat sequence is used to initialize a modem or similar device.
438 A typical example of an init chat script for a modem with a
439 hayes compatible command set might look like this:
441 .Dl :ic="" ATE0Q0V1\er OK\er ATS0=0\er OK\er:
443 This script waits for nothing (which always succeeds), sends
444 a sequence to ensure that the modem is in the correct mode
445 (suppress command echo, send responses in verbose mode),
446 and then disables auto-answer.
447 It waits for an "OK" response before it terminates.
448 The init sequence is used to check modem responses to ensure that
449 the modem is functioning correctly.
450 If the init script fails to complete,
452 considers this to be fatal, and results in an error logged via
456 Similarly, an answer chat script is used to manually answer the
457 phone in response to (usually) a "RING".
458 When run with an answer script,
460 opens the port in non-blocking mode, clears any extraneous input
461 and waits for data on the port.
462 As soon as any data is available, the answer chat script is
463 started and scanned for a string, and responds according to
464 the answer chat script.
465 With a hayes compatible modem, this would normally look something
468 .Dl :ac=RING\er ATA\er CONNECT:
470 This causes the modem to answer the call via the "ATA" command,
471 then scans input for a "CONNECT" string.
472 If this is received before a
473 .Em \&ct timeout, then a normal login sequence commences.
477 capability specifies a timeout for all send and expect strings.
478 This timeout is set individually for each expect wait and send
479 string and must be at least as long as the time it takes for
480 a connection to be established between a remote and local
481 modem (usually around 10 seconds).
483 In most situations, you will want to flush any additional
484 input after the connection has been detected, and the
486 capability may be used to do that, as well as delay for a
487 short time after the connection has been established during
488 which all of the connection data has been sent by the modem.
499 file format appeared in
502 The special characters (erase, kill, etc.) are reset to system defaults
507 cases, '#' or '^H' typed in a login name will be treated as
508 an erase character, and '@' will be treated as a kill character.
510 The delay stuff is a real crock.
511 Apart form its general lack of flexibility, some
512 of the delay algorithms are not implemented.
513 The terminal driver should support sane delay settings.
517 capability is stupid.
521 format is horrid, something more rational should