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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 20.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 21.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 22.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 23.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 24.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 25.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 26.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" 28.\" from: @(#)gettytab.5 8.4 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 29.\" $FreeBSD$ 30.\" " 31.Dd September 29, 2022 32.Dt GETTYTAB 5 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm gettytab 36.Nd terminal configuration data base 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.Nm 39.Sh DESCRIPTION 40The 41.Nm 42file 43is a simplified version of the 44.Xr termcap 5 45data base 46used to describe terminal lines. 47The initial terminal login process 48.Xr getty 8 49accesses the 50.Nm 51file each time it starts, allowing simpler 52reconfiguration of terminal characteristics. 53Each entry in the data base 54is used to describe one class of terminals. 55.Pp 56There is a default terminal class, 57.Va default , 58that is used to set global defaults for all other classes. 59(That is, the 60.Va default 61entry is read, then the entry for the class required 62is used to override particular settings.) 63.Sh CAPABILITIES 64Refer to 65.Xr termcap 5 66for a description of the file layout. 67The 68.Va default 69column below lists defaults obtained if there is 70no entry in the table obtained, nor one in the special 71.Va default 72table. 73.Bl -column Name Type /usr/bin/login 74.It Sy "Name Type Default Description" 75.It "ac str unused expect-send chat script for modem answer" 76.It "al str unused user to auto-login instead of prompting" 77.It "ap bool false terminal uses any parity" 78.It "bk str 0377 alternate end of line character (input break)" 79.It "c0 num unused tty control flags to write messages" 80.It "c1 num unused tty control flags to read login name" 81.It "c2 num unused tty control flags to leave terminal as" 82.It "ce bool false use crt erase algorithm" 83.It "ck bool false use crt kill algorithm" 84.It "cl str" Ta Dv NULL 85.Ta No "screen clear sequence" 86.It "co bool false console - add" 87.Ql \en 88after login prompt 89.It "ct num 10 chat timeout for" 90.Va \&ac 91and 92.Va \&ic 93scripts 94.It "dc num 0 chat debug bitmask" 95.It "de num 0 delay secs and flush input before writing first prompt" 96.It "df str %+ the" Xr strftime 3 "format used for \&%d in the banner message" 97.It "ds str" Ta So Li ^Y 98.Sc Ta No "delayed suspend character" 99.It "dx bool false set" 100.Dv DECCTLQ 101.It "ec bool false leave echo" 102.Em OFF 103.It "ep bool false terminal uses even parity" 104.It "er str" Ta So Li ^? 105.Sc Ta No "erase character" 106.It "et str" Ta So Li ^D 107.Sc Ta No "end of text" 108.Pq Dv EOF 109character 110.It "ev str" Ta Dv NULL 111.Ta No "initial environment" 112.It "fl str" Ta So Li ^O 113.Sc Ta No "output flush character" 114.It "hc bool false do" 115.Em NOT 116hangup line on last close 117.It "he str" Ta Dv NULL 118.Ta No "hostname editing regular expression" 119.It "hn str hostname hostname" 120.It "ht bool false terminal has real tabs" 121.It "hw bool false do cts/rts hardware flow control" 122.It "i0 num unused tty input flags to write messages" 123.It "i1 num unused tty input flags to read login name" 124.It "i2 num unused tty input flags to leave terminal as" 125.It "ic str unused expect-send chat script for modem initialization" 126.It "if str unused display named file before prompt, like /etc/issue" 127.It "ig bool false ignore garbage characters in login name" 128.It "im str" Ta Dv NULL 129.Ta No "initial (banner) message" 130.It "iM str" Ta Dv NULL 131.Ta No "execute named file to generate initial (banner) message" 132.It "in str" Ta So Li ^C 133.Sc Ta No "interrupt character" 134.It "is num unused input speed" 135.It "kl str" Ta So Li ^U 136.Sc Ta No "kill character" 137.It "l0 num unused tty local flags to write messages" 138.It "l1 num unused tty local flags to read login name" 139.It "l2 num unused tty local flags to leave terminal as" 140.It "lm str login: login prompt" 141.It "ln str" Ta So Li ^V 142.Sc Ta No "``literal next'' character" 143.It "lo str" Ta Pa /usr/bin/login 144.Ta No "program to exec when name obtained" 145.It "mb bool false do flow control based on carrier" 146.It "nc bool false terminal does not supply carrier (set clocal)" 147.It "nl bool false terminal has (or might have) a newline character" 148.It "np bool false terminal uses no parity (i.e., 8-bit characters)" 149.It "nx str default next table (for auto speed selection)" 150.It "o0 num unused tty output flags to write messages" 151.It "o1 num unused tty output flags to read login name" 152.It "o2 num unused tty output flags to leave terminal as" 153.It "op bool false terminal uses odd parity" 154.It "os num unused output speed" 155.It "pc str" Ta So Li \e0 156.Sc Ta No "pad character" 157.It "pe bool false use printer (hard copy) erase algorithm" 158.It "pf num 0 delay" 159between first prompt and following flush (seconds) 160.It "pl bool false start PPP login program unconditionally if" 161.Va \&pp 162is specified 163.It "pp str unused PPP login program" 164.It "ps bool false line connected to a" 165.Tn MICOM 166port selector 167.It "qu str" Ta So Li \&^\e 168.Sc Ta No "quit character" 169.It "rp str" Ta So Li ^R 170.Sc Ta No "line retype character" 171.It "rt num unused ring timeout when using" 172.Va \&ac 173.It "rw bool false do" 174.Em 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 178.Sc Ta No "suspend character" 179.It "tc str none table continuation" 180.It "to num 0 timeout (seconds)" 181.It "tt str" Ta Dv NULL 182.Ta No "terminal type (for environment)" 183.It "ub bool false do unbuffered output (of prompts etc)" 184.It "we str" Ta So Li ^W 185.Sc Ta No "word erase character" 186.It "xc bool false do" 187.Em 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 : 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 "f0 num unused tty mode flags to write messages" 204.It "f1 num unused tty mode flags to read login name" 205.It "f2 num unused tty mode flags to leave terminal as" 206.It "fd num 0 form-feed (vertical motion) delay" 207.It "lc bool false terminal has lower case" 208.It "nd num 0 newline (line-feed) delay" 209.It "uc bool false terminal is known upper case only" 210.El 211.Pp 212If no line speed is specified, speed will not be altered 213from that which prevails when getty is entered. 214Specifying an input or output speed will override 215line speed for stated direction only. 216.Pp 217Terminal modes to be used for the output of the message, 218for input of the login name, 219and to leave the terminal set as upon completion, 220are derived from the boolean flags specified. 221If the derivation should prove inadequate, 222any (or all) of these three may be overridden 223with one of the 224.Va \&c0 , 225.Va \&c1 , 226.Va \&c2 , 227.Va \&i0 , 228.Va \&i1 , 229.Va \&i2 , 230.Va \&l0 , 231.Va \&l1 , 232.Va \&l2 , 233.Va \&o0 , 234.Va \&o1 , 235or 236.Va \&o2 237numeric specifications, which can be used to specify 238(usually in octal, with a leading '0') 239the exact values of the flags. 240These flags correspond to the termios 241.Va c_cflag , 242.Va c_iflag , 243.Va c_lflag , 244and 245.Va c_oflag 246fields, respectively. 247Each these sets must be completely specified to be effective. 248.Pp 249Should 250.Xr getty 8 251receive a null character 252(presumed to indicate a line break) 253it will restart using the table indicated by the 254.Va \&nx 255entry. 256If there is none, it will re-use its original table. 257.Pp 258Delays are specified in milliseconds, the nearest possible 259delay available in the tty driver will be used. 260Should greater certainty be desired, delays 261with values 0, 1, 2, and 3 are interpreted as 262choosing that particular delay algorithm from the driver. 263.Pp 264The 265.Va \&cl 266screen clear string may be preceded by a (decimal) number 267of milliseconds of delay required (a la termcap). 268This delay is simulated by repeated use of the pad character 269.Va \&pc . 270.Pp 271The initial message, login message, and initial file; 272.Va \&im , 273.Va \&lm 274and 275.Va \&if 276may include any of the following character sequences, which expand to 277information about the environment in which 278.Xr getty 8 279is running. 280.Bl -tag -offset indent -width \&%xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 281.It \&%d 282The current date and time formatted according to the 283.Va \&Lo 284and 285.Va \&df 286strings. 287.It \&%h 288The hostname of the machine, which is normally obtained from the 289system using 290.Xr gethostname 3 , 291but may also be overridden by the 292.Va \&hn 293table entry. 294In either case it may be edited with the 295.Va \&he 296POSIX 297.Dq extended 298regular expression, which is matched against the hostname. 299If there are no parenthesized subexpressions in the pattern, 300the entire matched string is used as the final hostname; 301otherwise, the first matched subexpression is used instead. 302If the pattern does not match, the original hostname is not modified. 303.It \&%t 304The tty name. 305.It "\&%m, \&%r, \&%s, \&%v" 306The type of machine, release of the operating system, name of the 307operating system, and version of the kernel, respectively, as 308returned by 309.Xr uname 3 . 310.It \&%% 311A 312.Dq % 313character. 314.El 315.Pp 316When getty execs the login process, given 317in the 318.Va \&lo 319string (usually 320.Dq Pa /usr/bin/login ) , 321it will have set 322the environment to include the terminal type, as indicated 323by the 324.Va \&tt 325string (if it exists). 326The 327.Va \&ev 328string, can be used to enter additional data into 329the environment. 330It is a list of comma separated strings, each of which 331will presumably be of the form 332.Li name=value . 333.Pp 334If a non-zero timeout is specified, with 335.Va \&to , 336then getty will exit within the indicated 337number of seconds, either having 338received a login name and passed control 339to 340.Xr login 1 , 341or having received an alarm signal, and exited. 342This may be useful to hangup dial in lines. 343.Pp 344Output from 345.Xr getty 8 346is even parity unless 347.Va \&op 348or 349.Va \&np 350is specified. 351The 352.Va \&op 353string 354may be specified with 355.Va \&ap 356to allow any parity on input, but generate odd parity output. 357Note: this only applies while getty is being run, 358terminal driver limitations prevent a more complete 359implementation. 360The 361.Xr getty 8 362utility does not check parity of input characters in 363.Dv RAW 364mode. 365.Pp 366If a 367.Va \&pp 368string is specified and a PPP link bring-up sequence is recognized, 369getty will invoke the program referenced by the 370.Va \&pp 371option. 372This can be used to handle incoming PPP calls. 373If the 374.Va \&pl 375option is true as well, 376.Xr getty 8 377will skip the user name prompt and the PPP detection phase, and will 378invoke the program specified by 379.Va \&pp 380instantly. 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.Va \&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.Va \&ct 474timeout, then a normal login sequence commences. 475.Pp 476The 477.Va \&ct 478capability specifies a timeout for all send and expect strings. 479This timeout is set individually for each expect wait and send 480string and must be at least as long as the time it takes for 481a connection to be established between a remote and local 482modem (usually around 10 seconds). 483.Pp 484In most situations, you will want to flush any additional 485input after the connection has been detected, and the 486.Va \&de 487capability may be used to do that, as well as delay for a 488short time after the connection has been established during 489which all of the connection data has been sent by the modem. 490.Sh SEE ALSO 491.Xr login 1 , 492.Xr gethostname 3 , 493.Xr uname 3 , 494.Xr termcap 5 , 495.Xr getty 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.Xr termcap 5 517format is horrid, something more rational should 518have been chosen. 519