TTYS(5) TTYS(5)
NAME
ttys - terminal initialization data
DESCRIPTION
The ttys file is read by the init 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 for-
mer causes the line to be ignored, the latter causes it to
be effective. The second character is used as an argument
to getty(8), which performs such tasks as baud-rate recogni-
tion, reading the login name, and calling login(8). For nor-
mal 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 character-
istics. (Getty 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(8)