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36.Dd April 19, 1994
37.Dt GETTYTAB 5
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm gettytab
41.Nd terminal configuration data base
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm
47file
48is a simplified version of the
49.Xr termcap 5
50data base
51used to describe terminal lines.
52The initial terminal login process
53.Xr getty 8
54accesses the
55.Nm
56file each time it starts, allowing simpler
57reconfiguration of terminal characteristics.
58Each entry in the data base
59is used to describe one class of terminals.
60.Pp
61There is a default terminal class,
62.Em default ,
63that is used to set global defaults for all other classes.
64(That is, the
65.Em default
66entry is read, then the entry for the class required
67is used to override particular settings.)
68.Sh CAPABILITIES
69Refer to
70.Xr termcap 5
71for a description of the file layout.
72The
73.Em default
74column below lists defaults obtained if there is
75no entry in the table obtained, nor one in the special
76.Em default
77table.
78.Bl -column Name Type /usr/bin/login
79.It Sy "Name	Type	Default	Description"
80.It "ac	str	unused	expect-send chat script for modem answer"
81.It "al	str	unused	user to auto-login instead of prompting"
82.It "ap	bool	false	terminal uses any parity"
83.It "bk	str	0377	alternate end of line character (input break)"
84.It "c0	num	unused	tty control flags to write messages"
85.It "c1	num	unused	tty control flags to read login name"
86.It "c2	num	unused	tty control flags to leave terminal as"
87.It "ce	bool	false	use crt erase algorithm"
88.It "ck	bool	false	use crt kill algorithm"
89.It "cl	str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
90.No "screen clear sequence"
91.It "co	bool	false	console - add"
92.Ql \en
93after login prompt
94.It "ct	num	10	chat timeout for ac/ic scripts"
95.It "dc	num	0	chat debug bitmask"
96.It "de	num	0	delay secs and flush input before writing first prompt"
97.It "df	str	%+	the" Xr strftime 3 "format used for \&%d in the banner message"
98.It "ds	str" Ta So Li ^Y Sc Ta
99.No "delayed suspend character"
100.It "dx	bool	false	set"
101.Dv DECCTLQ
102.It "ec	bool	false	leave echo"
103.Tn OFF
104.It "ep	bool	false	terminal uses even parity"
105.It "er	str" Ta So Li ^? Sc Ta
106.No "erase character"
107.It "et	str" Ta So Li ^D Sc Ta
108.No "end of text"
109.Pq Dv EOF
110character
111.It "ev	str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
112.No "initial environment"
113.It "f0	num	unused	tty mode flags to write messages"
114.It "f1	num	unused	tty mode flags to read login name"
115.It "f2	num	unused	tty mode flags to leave terminal as"
116.It "fl	str" Ta So Li ^O Sc Ta
117.No "output flush character"
118.It "hc	bool	false	do"
119.Tn NOT
120hangup line on last close
121.It "he	str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
122.No "hostname editing string"
123.It "hn	str	hostname	hostname"
124.It "ht	bool	false	terminal has real tabs"
125.It "hw	bool	false	do cts/rts hardware flow control"
126.It "i0	num	unused	tty input flags to write messages"
127.It "i1	num	unused	tty input flags to read login name"
128.It "i2	num	unused	tty input flags to leave terminal as"
129.It "ic	str	unused	expect-send chat script for modem initialization"
130.It "if	str	unused	display named file before prompt, like /etc/issue"
131.It "ig	bool	false	ignore garbage characters in login name"
132.It "im	str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
133.No "initial (banner) message"
134.It "in	str" Ta So Li ^C Sc Ta
135.No "interrupt character"
136.It "is	num	unused	input speed"
137.It "kl	str" Ta So Li ^U Sc Ta
138.No "kill character"
139.It "l0	num	unused	tty local flags to write messages"
140.It "l1	num	unused	tty local flags to read login name"
141.It "l2	num	unused	tty local flags to leave terminal as"
142.It "lm	str	login:	login prompt"
143.It "ln	str" Ta So Li ^V Sc Ta
144.No "``literal next'' character"
145.It "lo	str" Ta Pa /usr/bin/login Ta
146.No "program to exec when name obtained"
147.It "mb	bool	false	do flow control based on carrier"
148.It "nc	bool	false	terminal does not supply carrier (set clocal)"
149.It "nl	bool	false	terminal has (or might have) a newline character"
150.It "np	bool	false	terminal uses no parity (i.e. 8-bit characters)"
151.It "nx	str	default	next table (for auto speed selection)"
152.It "o0	num	unused	tty output flags to write messages"
153.It "o1	num	unused	tty output flags to read login name"
154.It "o2	num	unused	tty output flags to leave terminal as"
155.It "op	bool	false	terminal uses odd parity"
156.It "os	num	unused	output speed"
157.It "pc	str" Ta So Li \e0 Sc Ta
158.No "pad character"
159.It "pe	bool	false	use printer (hard copy) erase algorithm"
160.It "pf	num	0	delay"
161between first prompt and following flush (seconds)
162.It "pp	str	unused	PPP authentication program"
163.It "pl	bool	false	don't detect PPP sequence, but start PPP login"
164program referenced by pp automatically
165.It "ps	bool	false	line connected to a"
166.Tn MICOM
167port selector
168.It "qu	str" Ta So Li \&^\e Sc Ta
169.No "quit character"
170.It "rp	str" Ta So Li ^R Sc Ta
171.No "line retype character"
172.It "rt	num	unused	ring timeout when using ac"
173.It "rw	bool	false	do"
174.Tn NOT
175use raw for input, use cbreak
176.It "sp	num	unused	line speed (input and output)"
177.It "su	str" Ta So Li ^Z Sc Ta
178.No "suspend character"
179.It "tc	str	none	table continuation"
180.It "to	num	0	timeout (seconds)"
181.It "tt	str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
182.No "terminal type (for environment)"
183.It "ub	bool	false	do unbuffered output (of prompts etc)"
184.It "we	str" Ta So Li ^W Sc Ta
185.No "word erase character"
186.It "xc	bool	false	do
187.Tn NOT
188echo control chars as
189.Ql ^X
190.It "xf	str" Ta So Li ^S Sc Ta Dv XOFF
191(stop output) character
192.It "xn	str" Ta So Li ^Q Sc Ta Dv XON
193(start output) character
194.It "Lo	str	C	the locale name used for \&%d in the banner message"
195.El
196.Pp
197The following capabilities are no longer supported by
198.Xr getty 8 Ns :
199.Bl -column Name Type /usr/bin/login
200.It "bd	num	0	backspace delay"
201.It "cb	bool	false	use crt backspace mode"
202.It "cd	num	0	carriage-return delay"
203.It "fd	num	0	form-feed (vertical motion) delay"
204.It "lc	bool	false	terminal has lower case"
205.It "nd	num	0	newline (line-feed) delay"
206.It "uc	bool	false	terminal is known upper case only"
207.El
208.Pp
209If no line speed is specified, speed will not be altered
210from that which prevails when getty is entered.
211Specifying an input or output speed will override
212line speed for stated direction only.
213.Pp
214Terminal modes to be used for the output of the message,
215for input of the login name,
216and to leave the terminal set as upon completion,
217are derived from the boolean flags specified.
218If the derivation should prove inadequate,
219any (or all) of these three may be overridden
220with one of the
221.Em \&c0 ,
222.Em \&c1 ,
223.Em \&c2 ,
224.Em \&i0 ,
225.Em \&i1 ,
226.Em \&i2 ,
227.Em \&l0 ,
228.Em \&l1 ,
229.Em \&l2 ,
230.Em \&o0 ,
231.Em \&o1 ,
232or
233.Em \&o2
234numeric specifications, which can be used to specify
235(usually in octal, with a leading '0')
236the exact values of the flags.
237These flags correspond to the termios
238.Em c_cflag ,
239.Em c_iflag ,
240.Em c_lflag ,
241and
242.Em c_oflag
243fields, respectively. Each these sets must be completely specified to be
244effective.
245The
246.Em \&f0 ,
247.Em \&f1 ,
248and
249.Em \&f2
250are excepted for backwards compatibility with a previous incarnation of
251the TTY sub-system. In these flags the bottom 16 bits of the (32 bits)
252value contain the sgttyb
253.Em sg_flags
254field, while the top 16 bits represent the local mode word.
255.Pp
256Should
257.Xr getty 8
258receive a null character
259(presumed to indicate a line break)
260it will restart using the table indicated by the
261.Em nx
262entry. If there is none, it will re-use its original table.
263.Pp
264Delays are specified in milliseconds, the nearest possible
265delay available in the tty driver will be used.
266Should greater certainty be desired, delays
267with values 0, 1, 2, and 3 are interpreted as
268choosing that particular delay algorithm from the driver.
269.Pp
270The
271.Em \&cl
272screen clear string may be preceded by a (decimal) number
273of milliseconds of delay required (a la termcap).
274This delay is simulated by repeated use of the pad character
275.Em \&pc .
276.Pp
277The initial message, login message, and initial file;
278.Em \&im ,
279.Em \&lm
280and
281.Em \&if
282may include any of the following character sequences, which expand to
283information about the environment in which
284.Xr getty 8
285is running.
286.Bl -tag -offset indent -width \&%xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
287.It \&%d
288The current date and time formatted according to the
289.Em \&Lo
290and
291.Em \&df
292strings.
293.It \&%h
294The hostname of the machine, which is normally obtained from the
295system using
296.Xr gethostname 3 ,
297but may also be overridden by the
298.Em \&hn
299table entry.
300In either case it may be edited with the
301.Em \&he
302string.
303A '@' in the
304.Em \&he
305string causes one character from the real hostname to
306be copied to the final hostname.
307A '#' in the
308.Em \&he
309string causes the next character of the real hostname
310to be skipped.
311Each character that
312is neither '@' nor '#' is copied into the final hostname.
313Surplus '@' and '#' characters are ignored.
314.It \&%t
315The tty name.
316.It "\&%m, \&%r, \&%s, \&%v"
317The type of machine, release of the operating system, name of the
318operating system, and version of the kernel, respectively, as
319returned by
320.Xr uname 3 .
321.It \&%%
322A
323.Dq %
324character.
325.El
326.Pp
327When getty execs the login process, given
328in the
329.Em \&lo
330string (usually
331.Dq Pa /usr/bin/login ) ,
332it will have set
333the environment to include the terminal type, as indicated
334by the
335.Em \&tt
336string (if it exists).
337The
338.Em \&ev
339string, can be used to enter additional data into
340the environment.
341It is a list of comma separated strings, each of which
342will presumably be of the form
343.Em name=value .
344.Pp
345If a non-zero timeout is specified, with
346.Em \&to ,
347then getty will exit within the indicated
348number of seconds, either having
349received a login name and passed control
350to
351.Xr login 1 ,
352or having received an alarm signal, and exited.
353This may be useful to hangup dial in lines.
354.Pp
355Output from
356.Xr getty 8
357is even parity unless
358.Em \&op
359or
360.Em \&np
361is specified.
362The
363.Em \&op
364string
365may be specified with
366.Em \&ap
367to allow any parity on input, but generate odd parity output.
368Note: this only applies while getty is being run,
369terminal driver limitations prevent a more complete
370implementation.
371.Xr Getty 8
372does not check parity of input characters in
373.Dv RAW
374mode.
375.Pp
376If
377.Em \&pp
378string is specified and a PPP link bring up sequence is recognized,
379getty will invoke the program referenced by the pp option.  This
380can be used to handle incoming PPP calls.
381.Pp
382.Nm Getty
383provides some basic intelligent modem handling by providing a chat
384script feature available via two capabilities:
385.Pp
386.Bl -tag -offset indent -width \&xxxxxxxx -compact
387.It ic
388Chat script to initialize modem.
389.It ac
390Chat script to answer a call.
391.El
392.Pp
393A chat script is a set of expect/send string pairs.
394When a chat string starts,
395.Nm getty
396will wait for the first string, and if it finds it, will send the
397second, and so on.
398Strings specified are separated by one or more tabs or spaces.
399Strings may contain standard ASCII characters and special 'escapes',
400which consist of a backslash character followed by one or more
401characters which are interpreted as follows:
402.Pp
403.Bl -tag -offset indent -width \&xxxxxxxx -compact
404.It \ea
405bell character.
406.It \eb
407backspace.
408.It \en
409newline.
410.It \ee
411escape.
412.It \ef
413formfeed.
414.It \ep
415half-second pause.
416.It \er
417carriage return.
418.It \eS , \es
419space character.
420.It \et
421tab.
422.It \exNN
423hexadecimal byte value.
424.It \e0NNN
425octal byte value.
426.El
427.Pp
428Note that the
429.Ql \ep
430sequence is only valid for send strings and causes a half-second
431pause between sending the previous and next characters.
432Hexadecimal values are, at most, 2 hex digits long, and octal
433values are a maximum of 3 octal digits.
434.Pp
435The
436.Em \&ic
437chat sequence is used to initialize a modem or similar device.
438A typical example of an init chat script for a modem with a
439hayes compatible command set might look like this:
440.Pp
441.Dl :ic="" ATE0Q0V1\er OK\er ATS0=0\er OK\er:
442.Pp
443This script waits for nothing (which always succeeds), sends
444a sequence to ensure that the modem is in the correct mode
445(suppress command echo, send responses in verbose mode),
446and then disables auto-answer.
447It waits for an "OK" response before it terminates.
448The init sequence is used to check modem responses to ensure that
449the modem is functioning correctly.
450If the init script fails to complete,
451.Nm getty
452considers this to be fatal, and results in an error logged via
453.Xr syslogd 8 ,
454and exiting.
455.Pp
456Similarly, an answer chat script is used to manually answer the
457phone in response to (usually) a "RING".
458When run with an answer script,
459.Nm getty
460opens the port in non-blocking mode, clears any extraneous input
461and waits for data on the port.
462As soon as any data is available, the answer chat script is
463started and scanned for a string, and responds according to
464the answer chat script.
465With a hayes compatible modem, this would normally look something
466like:
467.Pp
468.Dl :ac=RING\er ATA\er CONNECT:
469.Pp
470This causes the modem to answer the call via the "ATA" command,
471then scans input for a "CONNECT" string.
472If this is received before a
473.Em \&ct timeout, then a normal login sequence commences.
474.Pp
475The
476.Em \&ct
477capability specifies a timeout for all send and expect strings.
478This timeout is set individually for each expect wait and send
479string and must be at least as long as the time it takes for
480a connection to be established between a remote and local
481modem (usually around 10 seconds).
482.Pp
483In most situations, you will want to flush any additional
484input after the connection has been detected, and the
485.Em \&de
486capability may be used to do that, as well as delay for a
487short time after the connection has been established during
488which all of the connection data has been sent by the modem.
489.Sh SEE ALSO
490.Xr login 1 ,
491.Xr gethostname 3 ,
492.Xr uname 3 ,
493.Xr termcap 5 ,
494.Xr getty 8 ,
495.Xr telnetd 8
496.Sh HISTORY
497The
498.Nm
499file format appeared in
500.Bx 4.2 .
501.Sh BUGS
502The special characters (erase, kill, etc.) are reset to system defaults
503by
504.Xr login 1 .
505In
506.Em all
507cases, '#' or '^H' typed in a login name will be treated as
508an erase character, and '@' will be treated as a kill character.
509.Pp
510The delay stuff is a real crock.
511Apart form its general lack of flexibility, some
512of the delay algorithms are not implemented.
513The terminal driver should support sane delay settings.
514.Pp
515The
516.Em \&he
517capability is stupid.
518.Pp
519The
520.Xr termcap 5
521format is horrid, something more rational should
522have been chosen.
523