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32.\"     from: @(#)gettytab.5	8.4 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
33.\" $FreeBSD$
34.\" "
35.Dd April 19, 1994
36.Dt GETTYTAB 5
37.Os BSD 4.2
38.\" turn off hyphenation
39.hym 999
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm gettytab
42.Nd terminal configuration data base
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm gettytab
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48file
49is a simplified version of the
50.Xr termcap 5
51data base
52used to describe terminal lines.
53The initial terminal login process
54.Xr getty 8
55accesses the
56.Nm
57file each time it starts, allowing simpler
58reconfiguration of terminal characteristics.
59Each entry in the data base
60is used to describe one class of terminals.
61.Pp
62There is a default terminal class,
63.Em default ,
64that is used to set global defaults for all other classes.
65(That is, the
66.Em default
67entry is read, then the entry for the class required
68is used to override particular settings.)
69.Sh CAPABILITIES
70Refer to
71.Xr termcap 5
72for a description of the file layout.
73The
74.Em default
75column below lists defaults obtained if there is
76no entry in the table obtained, nor one in the special
77.Em default
78table.
79.Bl -column Namexx /usr/bin/login Default
80.It Sy Name	Type	Default	Description
81.It "ac	str	unused	expect-send chat script for modem answer"
82.It "al	str	unused	user to auto-login instead of prompting"
83.It "ap	bool	false	terminal uses any parity"
84.It "bk	str	0377	alternate end of line character (input break)"
85.It "c0	num	unused	tty control flags to write messages"
86.It "c1	num	unused	tty control flags to read login name"
87.It "c2	num	unused	tty control flags to leave terminal as"
88.It "ce	bool	false	use crt erase algorithm"
89.It "ck	bool	false	use crt kill algorithm"
90.It "cl	str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
91.No "screen clear sequence"
92.It "co	bool	false	console - add"
93.Ql \en
94after login prompt
95.It "ct	num	10	chat timeout for ac/ic scripts"
96.It "dc	num	0	chat debug bitmask"
97.It "de	num	0	delay secs and flush input before writing first prompt"
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 "ps	bool	false	line connected to a"
164.Tn MICOM
165port selector
166.It "qu	str" Ta So Li \&^\e Sc Ta
167.No "quit character"
168.It "rp	str" Ta So Li ^R Sc Ta
169.No "line retype character"
170.It "rt	num	unused	ring timeout when using ac"
171.It "rw	bool	false	do"
172.Tn NOT
173use raw for input, use cbreak
174.It "sp	num	unused	line speed (input and output)"
175.It "su	str" Ta So Li ^Z Sc Ta
176.No "suspend character"
177.It "tc	str	none	table continuation"
178.It "to	num	0	timeout (seconds)"
179.It "tt	str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
180.No "terminal type (for environment)"
181.It "ub	bool	false	do unbuffered output (of prompts etc)"
182.It "we	str" Ta So Li ^W Sc Ta
183.No "word erase character"
184.It xc	bool	false	do
185.Tn NOT
186echo control chars as
187.Ql ^X
188.It "xf	str" Ta So Li ^S Sc Ta Dv XOFF
189(stop output) character
190.It "xn	str" Ta So Li ^Q Sc Ta Dv XON
191(start output) character
192.It "Lo	str	C	the locale name used for \&%d in the banner message"
193.El
194.Pp
195The following capabilities are no longer supported by
196.Xr getty 8 Ns :
197.Bl -column Namexx /usr/bin/login Default
198.It "bd	num	0	backspace delay"
199.It "cb	bool	false	use crt backspace mode"
200.It "cd	num	0	carriage-return delay"
201.It "fd	num	0	form-feed (vertical motion) delay"
202.It "lc	bool	false	terminal has lower case"
203.It "nd	num	0	newline (line-feed) delay"
204.It "uc	bool	false	terminal is known upper case only"
205.El
206.Pp
207If no line speed is specified, speed will not be altered
208from that which prevails when getty is entered.
209Specifying an input or output speed will override
210line speed for stated direction only.
211.Pp
212Terminal modes to be used for the output of the message,
213for input of the login name,
214and to leave the terminal set as upon completion,
215are derived from the boolean flags specified.
216If the derivation should prove inadequate,
217any (or all) of these three may be overridden
218with one of the
219.Em \&c0 ,
220.Em \&c1 ,
221.Em \&c2 ,
222.Em \&i0 ,
223.Em \&i1 ,
224.Em \&i2 ,
225.Em \&l0 ,
226.Em \&l1 ,
227.Em \&l2 ,
228.Em \&o0 ,
229.Em \&o1 ,
230or
231.Em \&o2
232numeric specifications, which can be used to specify
233(usually in octal, with a leading '0')
234the exact values of the flags.
235These flags correspond to the termios
236.Em c_cflag ,
237.Em c_iflag ,
238.Em c_lflag ,
239and
240.Em c_oflag
241fields, respectively. Each these sets must be completely specified to be
242effective.
243The
244.Em \&f0 ,
245.Em \&f1 ,
246and
247.Em \&f2
248are excepted for backwards compatibility with a previous incarnation of
249the TTY sub-system. In these flags the bottom 16 bits of the (32 bits)
250value contain the sgttyb
251.Em sg_flags
252field, while the top 16 bits represent the local mode word.
253.Pp
254Should
255.Xr getty 8
256receive a null character
257(presumed to indicate a line break)
258it will restart using the table indicated by the
259.Em nx
260entry. If there is none, it will re-use its original table.
261.Pp
262Delays are specified in milliseconds, the nearest possible
263delay available in the tty driver will be used.
264Should greater certainty be desired, delays
265with values 0, 1, 2, and 3 are interpreted as
266choosing that particular delay algorithm from the driver.
267.Pp
268The
269.Em \&cl
270screen clear string may be preceded by a (decimal) number
271of milliseconds of delay required (a la termcap).
272This delay is simulated by repeated use of the pad character
273.Em \&pc .
274.Pp
275The initial message, login message, and initial file;
276.Em \&im ,
277.Em \&lm
278and
279.Em \&if
280may include any of the following character sequences, which expand to
281information about the environment in which
282.Xr getty 8
283is running.
284.Pp
285.Bl -tag -offset indent -width \&%xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
286.It \&%d
287The current date and time in the locale's representation as of the
288.Em \&Lo
289string
290(the \&%+ format of
291.Xr strftime 3 ).
292.It \&%h
293The hostname of the machine, which is normally obtained from the
294system using
295.Xr gethostname 3 ,
296but may also be overridden by the
297.Em \&hn
298table entry.
299In either case it may be edited with the
300.Em \&he
301string.
302A '@' in the
303.Em \&he
304string causes one character from the real hostname to
305be copied to the final hostname.
306A '#' in the
307.Em \&he
308string causes the next character of the real hostname
309to be skipped.
310Each character that
311is neither '@' nor '#' is copied into the final hostname.
312Surplus '@' and '#' characters are ignored.
313.It \&%t
314The tty name.
315.It "\&%m, \&%r, \&%s, \&%v"
316The type of machine, release of the operating system, name of the
317operating system, and version of the kernel, respectively, as
318returned by
319.Xr uname 3 .
320.It \&%%
321A
322.Dq %
323character.
324.El
325.Pp
326When getty execs the login process, given
327in the
328.Em \&lo
329string (usually
330.Dq Pa /usr/bin/login ) ,
331it will have set
332the environment to include the terminal type, as indicated
333by the
334.Em \&tt
335string (if it exists).
336The
337.Em \&ev
338string, can be used to enter additional data into
339the environment.
340It is a list of comma separated strings, each of which
341will presumably be of the form
342.Em name=value .
343.Pp
344If a non-zero timeout is specified, with
345.Em \&to ,
346then getty will exit within the indicated
347number of seconds, either having
348received a login name and passed control
349to
350.Xr login 1 ,
351or having received an alarm signal, and exited.
352This may be useful to hangup dial in lines.
353.Pp
354Output from
355.Xr getty 8
356is even parity unless
357.Em \&op
358or
359.Em \&np
360is specified.
361The
362.Em \&op
363string
364may be specified with
365.Em \&ap
366to allow any parity on input, but generate odd parity output.
367Note: this only applies while getty is being run,
368terminal driver limitations prevent a more complete
369implementation.
370.Xr Getty 8
371does not check parity of input characters in
372.Dv RAW
373mode.
374.Pp
375If
376.Em \&pp
377string is specified and a PPP link bring up sequence is recognized,
378getty will invoke the program referenced by the pp option.  This
379can be used to handle incoming PPP calls.
380.Pp
381.Nm Getty
382provides some basic intelligent modem handling by providing a chat
383script feature available via two capabilities:
384.Pp
385.Bl -tag -offset indent -width \&xxxxxxxx -compact
386.It ic
387Chat script to initialize modem.
388.It ac
389Chat script to answer a call.
390.El
391.Pp
392A chat script is a set of expect/send string pairs.
393When a chat string starts,
394.Nm getty
395will wait for the first string, and if it finds it, will send the
396second, and so on.
397Strings specified are separated by one or more tabs or spaces.
398Strings may contain standard ASCII characters and special 'escapes',
399which consist of a backslash character followed by one or more
400characters which are interpreted as follows:
401.Pp
402.Bl -tag -offset indent -width \&xxxxxxxx -compact
403.It \ea
404bell character.
405.It \eb
406backspace.
407.It \en
408newline.
409.It \ee
410escape.
411.It \ef
412formfeed.
413.It \ep
414half-second pause.
415.It \er
416carriage return.
417.It \eS, \es
418space character.
419.It \et
420tab.
421.It \exNN
422hexadecimal byte value.
423.It \e0NNN
424octal byte value.
425.El
426.Pp
427Note that the
428.Ql \ep
429sequence is only valid for send strings and causes a half-second
430pause between sending the previous and next characters.
431Hexidecimal values are, at most, 2 hex digits long, and octal
432values are a maximum of 3 octal digits.
433.Pp
434The
435.Em \&ic
436chat sequence is used to initialize a modem or similar device.
437A typical example of an init chat script for a modem with a
438hayes compatible command set might look like this:
439.Pp
440.Dl :ic="" ATE0Q0V1\er OK\er ATS0=0\er OK\er:
441.Pp
442This script waits for nothing (which always succeeds), sends
443a sequence to ensure that the modem is in the correct mode
444(suppress command echo, send responses in verbose mode),
445and then disables auto-answer.
446It waits for an "OK" response before it terminates.
447The init sequence is used to check modem responses to ensure that
448the modem is functioning correctly.
449If the init script fails to complete,
450.Nm getty
451considers this to be fatal, and results in an error logged via
452.Xr syslogd 8 ,
453and exiting.
454.Pp
455Similarly, an answer chat script is used to manually answer the
456phone in response to (usually) a "RING".
457When run with an answer script,
458.Nm getty
459opens the port in non-blocking mode, clears any extraneous input
460and waits for data on the port.
461As soon as any data is available, the answer chat script is
462started and scanned for a string, and responds according to
463the answer chat script.
464With a hayes compatible modem, this would normally look something
465like:
466.Pp
467.Dl :ac=RING\er ATA\er CONNECT:
468.Pp
469This causes the modem to answer the call via the "ATA" command,
470then scans input for a "CONNECT" string.
471If this is received before a
472.Em \&ct timeout, then a normal login sequence commences.
473.Pp
474The
475.Em \&ct
476capability specifies a timeout for all send and expect strings.
477This timeout is set individually for each expect wait and send
478string and must be at least as long as the time it takes for
479a connection to be established between a remote and local
480modem (usually around 10 seconds).
481.Pp
482In most situations, you will want to flush any additional
483input after the connection has been detected, and the
484.Em \&de
485capability may be used to do that, as well as delay for a
486short time after the connection has been established during
487which all of the connection data has been sent by the modem.
488.Pp
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 BUGS
497The special characters (erase, kill, etc.) are reset to system defaults
498by
499.Xr login 1 .
500In
501.Em all
502cases, '#' or '^H' typed in a login name will be treated as
503an erase character, and '@' will be treated as a kill character.
504.Pp
505The delay stuff is a real crock.
506Apart form its general lack of flexibility, some
507of the delay algorithms are not implemented.
508The terminal driver should support sane delay settings.
509.Pp
510The
511.Em \&he
512capability is stupid.
513.Pp
514The
515.Xr termcap 5
516format is horrid, something more rational should
517have been chosen.
518.Sh HISTORY
519The
520.Nm
521file format appeared in
522.Bx 4.2 .
523