NAME

     ttytab - table of login terminals


SYNOPSIS

     /etc/ttytab


DESCRIPTION

     The ttytab file lists all the terminal devices that one  can
     login  on.   It is a simple text file that contains lines of
     the form:

          name   type   "getty"   "init"

     The name and type fields are simple words, name is the  name
     of  the  terminal  device  with  /dev stripped off, and type
     tells the type of terminal to initialize the  TERM  environ-
     ment variable.

     The getty and init fields may name commands that are run  to
     allow  one  to login on the line, or to initialize the line.
     Both these fields may be more than one  word  if  the  whole
     field is enclosed in double quotes.  Getty is usually simply
     the word getty, the command that prints a system identifica-
     tion banner and allows on to type a name to log in.  Init is
     usually an stty command to set the baud rate and parity of a
     serial line.

     The init field may be omitted to indicate that no  initiali-
     zation  is necessary, and the getty field may be left out to
     not start a login process.  Terminals  should  not  be  left
     out, because their place in the ttytab file determines their
     slot number as returned by ttyslot(3).

     Comments (introduced by #) and empty lines are ignored.


EXAMPLE

     A ttytab for the console, two serial lines, and a pseudo tty
     entry:

          console   minix     getty
          tty00     vt100     getty    "stty 9600"
          tty01     dialup    getty    "stty 38400"
          ttyp0     network


ENVIRONMENT

     TERM           Terminal type


NOTES

     It is customary to set the type to dialup for a dialin line.
     One can check for that name in one's .profile.



SEE ALSO

     getttyent(3), ttyslot(3), init(8).


AUTHOR

     Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)