Some systems have mingetty(8), others have agetty(8), so both should be

mentioned when we are talking about getty-style programs.
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Michael Kerrisk 2007-12-10 15:42:14 +00:00
parent 2dad072e62
commit a61776a414
6 changed files with 16 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Common ways to start a process on a console are:
.BR inittab (5))
to start a
.BR mingetty (8)
(or
.BR agetty (8))
on the console;
(b) ask
.BR openvt (1)
@ -83,8 +85,9 @@ All escape sequences can be found in
.BR tty (4),
.BR ttyS (4),
.BR charsets (7),
.BR mingetty (8),
.BR agetty (8),
.BR init (8),
.BR mingetty (8),
.BR mapscrn (8),
.BR resizecons (8),
.BR setfont (8)

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@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ to detach itself.
.BR console (4),
.BR tty_ioctl (4),
.BR ttyS (4),
.BR agetty (8),
.BR mingetty (8)

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@ -46,5 +46,6 @@ chown root:tty /dev/ttyS[0\-3]
.BR chown (1),
.BR mknod (1),
.BR tty (4),
.BR agetty (8),
.BR mingetty (8),
.BR setserial (8)

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@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ program employed on the system.
/etc/issue
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR motd (5),
.BR agetty (8),
.BR mingetty (8)

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@ -62,5 +62,6 @@ vt320 ttys0
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR termcap (5),
.BR terminfo (5)
.BR terminfo (5),
.BR agetty (8),
.BR mingetty (8)

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@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ It sets \fIut_id\fP from the inittab, \fIut_pid\fP and \fIut_time\fP to the
current values, and \fIut_type\fP to \fBINIT_PROCESS\fP.
.PP
.BR mingetty (8)
(or
.BR agetty (8))
locates the entry by the PID, changes \fIut_type\fP to
\fBLOGIN_PROCESS\fP, changes \fIut_time\fP, sets \fIut_line\fP, and waits
for connection to be established.
@ -144,6 +146,8 @@ authenticated, changes \fIut_type\fP to \fBUSER_PROCESS\fP, changes
\fIut_time\fP, and sets \fIut_host\fP and \fIut_addr\fP.
Depending on
.BR mingetty (8)
(or
.BR agetty (8))
and
.BR login (1),
records may be located by
@ -189,7 +193,9 @@ changes it.
.BR login (1),
.BR init (8),
and some versions of
.BR mingetty (8).
.BR mingetty (8)
(or
.BR agetty (8)).
Neither of these programs creates the file, so if it is
removed, record-keeping is turned off.
.PP