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diff --git a/fgetty.8 b/fgetty.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9c8af6d --- /dev/null +++ b/fgetty.8 @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.\" Tino Reichardt <der@mcmilk.de> (2002-01-19) +.TH FGETTY 8 "2002-01-19" "fgetty" "System Administrator's Manual" +.SH "NAME" +fgetty \- a small getty for linux +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +\fBfgetty\fR \fItty\fR [\fI--noclear\fR] [\fI--long-hostname\fR] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +The command \fBfgetty\fP is normally invoked by \fIinit(8)\fP, opens a tty port, +prompts for a login name and invokes the /bin/login command. +.SH "OPTIONS" +\fB--noclear\fR makes fgetty not clear the screen before displaying the +login prompt. + +\fB--long-hostname\fR makes fgetty display the full +hostname in the login prompt. +.SH "FILES" +.TS +tab (@); +l l. +/etc/issue@ printed before the login prompt +/etc/inittab@ \fIinit\fP(8) configuration file +/var/run/utmp@ the system status file +.TE +.SH ISSUE ESCAPES +The issue-file (\fI/etc/issue\fP or the file may contain certain escape codes to +display the system name, date and time etc. All escape codes consist of a backslash +(\\) immediately followed by one of the letters explained below. +.TP +d +the current date. (eg: 2002-01-19) +.TP +s +the system name, the name of the operating system. (eg: Linux) +.TP +l +the name of the current tty line. (eg: tty3) +.TP +m +the architecture identifier of the machine (eg: i586) +.TP +n +the nodename of the machine, also known as the hostname. (eg: sirius) +.TP +o +the domainname of the machine. (eg: (none)) +.TP +r +the release number of the OS. (eg: 2.4.3-i) +.TP +t +the current time. (eg: 14:51:51) +.TP +u +the number of current users logged in. (eg: 4) +.TP +U +the string "1 user" or "<n> users", where <n> is the number of current +users logged in. (eg: 4 users) +.TP +v +Insert the version of the OS. (eg: #2 Fre Jan 18 23:05:45 CET 2002) +.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" +.TS +tab (@); +l l. +HOST@ is set to your hostname +TERM@ is set to linux +TTY@ is set to the current tty line +.TE +.SH "RETURN VALUES" +.TS +tab (@); +l l. +\fB1\fP @could not chown/chmod tty device +\fB3\fP @could not open tty device +\fB4\fP @not a typewriter +\fB5\fP @vhangup failed +\fB6\fP @could not open tty (can't happen) +\fB7\fP @dup failed +\fB8\fP @could not exec login +\fB9\fP @read returned an unexpected error +\fB10\fP @unprintable character in login name +\fB11\fP @login name too long (>40) +\fB13\fP @user name started with a dash +\fB23\fP @received SIGQUIT +.TE +.SH "AUTHOR" +Felix von Leitner <felix-fgetty@fefe.de> +.PP +Homepage: http://www.fefe.de/fgetty/ |