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FGETTY(8) | System Administrator's Manual | FGETTY(8) |
NAME¶
fgetty - a small getty for linux
SYNOPSIS¶
fgetty tty [--noclear] [--long-hostname]
DESCRIPTION¶
The command fgetty is normally invoked by init(8), opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the /bin/login command.
OPTIONS¶
--noclear makes fgetty not clear the screen before displaying the login prompt.
--long-hostname makes fgetty display the full hostname in the login prompt.
FILES¶
/etc/issue | printed before the login prompt |
/etc/inittab | init(8) configuration file |
/var/run/utmp | the system status file |
ISSUE ESCAPES¶
The issue-file (/etc/issue 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.
- d
- the current date. (eg: 2002-01-19)
- s
- the system name, the name of the operating system. (eg: Linux)
- l
- the name of the current tty line. (eg: tty3)
- m
- the architecture identifier of the machine (eg: i586)
- n
- the nodename of the machine, also known as the hostname. (eg: sirius)
- o
- the domainname of the machine. (eg: (none))
- r
- the release number of the OS. (eg: 2.4.3-i)
- t
- the current time. (eg: 14:51:51)
- u
- the number of current users logged in. (eg: 4)
- U
- the string "1 user" or "<n> users", where <n> is the number of current users logged in. (eg: 4 users)
- v
- Insert the version of the OS. (eg: #2 Fre Jan 18 23:05:45 CET 2002)
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶
HOST | is set to your hostname |
TERM | is set to linux |
TTY | is set to the current tty line |
RETURN VALUES¶
1 | could not chown/chmod tty device |
3 | could not open tty device |
4 | not a typewriter |
5 | vhangup failed |
6 | could not open tty (can't happen) |
7 | dup failed |
8 | could not exec login |
9 | read returned an unexpected error |
10 | unprintable character in login name |
11 | login name too long (>40) |
13 | user name started with a dash |
23 | received SIGQUIT |
AUTHOR¶
Felix von Leitner <felix-fgetty@fefe.de>
Homepage: http://www.fefe.de/fgetty/
2002-01-19 | fgetty |