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32.\"     from: @(#)gettytab.5	8.4 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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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 "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 "ds	str" Ta So Li ^Y Sc Ta
98.No "delayed suspend character"
99.It "dx	bool	false	set"
100.Dv DECCTLQ
101.It "ec	bool	false	leave echo"
102.Tn OFF
103.It "ep	bool	false	terminal uses even parity"
104.It "er	str" Ta So Li ^? Sc Ta
105.No "erase character"
106.It "et	str" Ta So Li ^D Sc Ta
107.No "end of text"
108.Pq Dv EOF
109character
110.It "ev	str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
111.No "initial environment"
112.It "f0	num	unused	tty mode flags to write messages"
113.It "f1	num	unused	tty mode flags to read login name"
114.It "f2	num	unused	tty mode flags to leave terminal as"
115.It "fl	str" Ta So Li ^O Sc Ta
116.No "output flush character"
117.It "hc	bool	false	do"
118.Tn NOT
119hangup line on last close
120.It "he	str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
121.No "hostname editing string"
122.It "hn	str	hostname	hostname"
123.It "ht	bool	false	terminal has real tabs"
124.It "hw	bool	false	do cts/rts hardware flow control"
125.It "i0	num	unused	tty input flags to write messages"
126.It "i1	num	unused	tty input flags to read login name"
127.It "i2	num	unused	tty input flags to leave terminal as"
128.It "ic	str	unused	expect-send chat script for modem initialization"
129.It "if	str	unused	display named file before prompt"
130.It "ig	bool	false	ignore garbage characters in login name"
131.It "im	str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
132.No "initial (banner) message"
133.It "in	str" Ta So Li ^C Sc Ta
134.No "interrupt character"
135.It "is	num	unused	input speed"
136.It "kl	str" Ta So Li ^U Sc Ta
137.No "kill character"
138.It "l0	num	unused	tty local flags to write messages"
139.It "l1	num	unused	tty local flags to read login name"
140.It "l2	num	unused	tty local flags to leave terminal as"
141.It "lm	str	login:	login prompt"
142.It "ln	str" Ta So Li ^V Sc Ta
143.No "``literal next'' character"
144.It "lo	str" Ta Pa /usr/bin/login Ta
145.No "program to exec when name obtained"
146.It "mb	bool	false	do flow control based on carrier"
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 Sc Ta
156.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 "pp	str	unused	PPP authentication program"
161.It "ps	bool	false	line connected to a"
162.Tn MICOM
163port selector
164.It "qu	str" Ta So Li \&^\e Sc Ta
165.No "quit character"
166.It "rp	str" Ta So Li ^R Sc Ta
167.No "line retype character"
168.It "rt	num	unused	ring timeout when using ac"
169.It "rw	bool	false	do"
170.Tn NOT
171use raw for input, use cbreak
172.It "sp	num	unused	line speed (input and output)"
173.It "su	str" Ta So Li ^Z Sc Ta
174.No "suspend character"
175.It "tc	str	none	table continuation"
176.It "to	num	0	timeout (seconds)"
177.It "tt	str" Ta Dv NULL Ta
178.No "terminal type (for environment)"
179.It "ub	bool	false	do unbuffered output (of prompts etc)"
180.It "we	str" Ta So Li ^W Sc Ta
181.No "word erase character"
182.It xc	bool	false	do
183.Tn NOT
184echo control chars as
185.Ql ^X
186.It "xf	str" Ta So Li ^S Sc Ta Dv XOFF
187(stop output) character
188.It "xn	str" Ta So Li ^Q Sc Ta Dv XON
189(start output) character
190.It "Lo	str	C	the locale name used for \&%d in the banner message"
191.El
192.Pp
193The following capabilities are no longer supported by
194.Xr getty 8 Ns :
195.Bl -column Namexx /usr/bin/login Default
196.It "bd	num	0	backspace delay"
197.It "cb	bool	false	use crt backspace mode"
198.It "cd	num	0	carriage-return delay"
199.It "fd	num	0	form-feed (vertical motion) delay"
200.It "lc	bool	false	terminal has lower case"
201.It "nd	num	0	newline (line-feed) delay"
202.It "uc	bool	false	terminal is known upper case only"
203.El
204.Pp
205If no line speed is specified, speed will not be altered
206from that which prevails when getty is entered.
207Specifying an input or output speed will override
208line speed for stated direction only.
209.Pp
210Terminal modes to be used for the output of the message,
211for input of the login name,
212and to leave the terminal set as upon completion,
213are derived from the boolean flags specified.
214If the derivation should prove inadequate,
215any (or all) of these three may be overridden
216with one of the
217.Em \&c0 ,
218.Em \&c1 ,
219.Em \&c2 ,
220.Em \&i0 ,
221.Em \&i1 ,
222.Em \&i2 ,
223.Em \&l0 ,
224.Em \&l1 ,
225.Em \&l2 ,
226.Em \&o0 ,
227.Em \&o1 ,
228or
229.Em \&o2
230numeric specifications, which can be used to specify
231(usually in octal, with a leading '0')
232the exact values of the flags.
233These flags correspond to the termios
234.Em c_cflag ,
235.Em c_iflag ,
236.Em c_lflag ,
237and
238.Em c_oflag
239fields, respectively. Each these sets must be completely specified to be
240effective.
241The
242.Em \&f0 ,
243.Em \&f1 ,
244and
245.Em \&f2
246are excepted for backwards compatibility with a previous incarnation of
247the TTY sub-system. In these flags the bottom 16 bits of the (32 bits)
248value contain the sgttyb
249.Em sg_flags
250field, while the top 16 bits represent the local mode word.
251.Pp
252Should
253.Xr getty 8
254receive a null character
255(presumed to indicate a line break)
256it will restart using the table indicated by the
257.Em nx
258entry. If there is none, it will re-use its original table.
259.Pp
260Delays are specified in milliseconds, the nearest possible
261delay available in the tty driver will be used.
262Should greater certainty be desired, delays
263with values 0, 1, 2, and 3 are interpreted as
264choosing that particular delay algorithm from the driver.
265.Pp
266The
267.Em \&cl
268screen clear string may be preceded by a (decimal) number
269of milliseconds of delay required (a la termcap).
270This delay is simulated by repeated use of the pad character
271.Em \&pc .
272.Pp
273The initial message, and login message,
274.Em \&im
275and
276.Em \&lm
277may include any of the following character sequences, which expand to
278information about the environment in which
279.Xr getty 8
280is running.
281.Pp
282.Bl -tag -offset indent -width \&%xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
283.It \&%d
284The current date and time in the locale's representation as of the
285.Em \&Lo
286string
287(the \&%+ format of
288.Xr strftime 3 ).
289.It \&%h
290The hostname of the machine, which is normally obtained from the
291system using
292.Xr gethostname 3 ,
293but may also be overridden by the
294.Em \&hn
295table entry.
296In either case it may be edited with the
297.Em \&he
298string.
299A '@' in the
300.Em \&he
301string causes one character from the real hostname to
302be copied to the final hostname.
303A '#' in the
304.Em \&he
305string causes the next character of the real hostname
306to be skipped.
307Each character that
308is neither '@' nor '#' is copied into the final hostname.
309Surplus '@' and '#' characters are ignored.
310.It \&%t
311The tty name.
312.It "\&%m, \&%r, \&%s, \&%v"
313The type of machine, release of the operating system, name of the
314operating system, and version of the kernel, respectively, as
315returned by
316.Xr uname 3 .
317.It \&%%
318A
319.Dq %
320character.
321.El
322.Pp
323When getty execs the login process, given
324in the
325.Em \&lo
326string (usually
327.Dq Pa /usr/bin/login ) ,
328it will have set
329the environment to include the terminal type, as indicated
330by the
331.Em \&tt
332string (if it exists).
333The
334.Em \&ev
335string, can be used to enter additional data into
336the environment.
337It is a list of comma separated strings, each of which
338will presumably be of the form
339.Em name=value .
340.Pp
341If a non-zero timeout is specified, with
342.Em \&to ,
343then getty will exit within the indicated
344number of seconds, either having
345received a login name and passed control
346to
347.Xr login 1 ,
348or having received an alarm signal, and exited.
349This may be useful to hangup dial in lines.
350.Pp
351Output from
352.Xr getty 8
353is even parity unless
354.Em \&op
355or
356.Em \&np
357is specified.
358The
359.Em \&op
360string
361may be specified with
362.Em \&ap
363to allow any parity on input, but generate odd parity output.
364Note: this only applies while getty is being run,
365terminal driver limitations prevent a more complete
366implementation.
367.Xr Getty 8
368does not check parity of input characters in
369.Dv RAW
370mode.
371.Pp
372If
373.Em \&pp
374string is specified and a PPP link bringup sequence is recognized,
375getty will invoke the program referenced by the pp option.  This
376can be used to handle incoming PPP calls.
377.Pp
378.Nm Getty
379provides some basic intelligent modem handling by providing a chat
380script feature available via two capabilities:
381.Pp
382.Bl -tag -offset indent -width \&xxxxxxxx -compact
383.It ic
384Chat script to initialize modem.
385.It ac
386Chat script to answer a call.
387.El
388.Pp
389A chat script is a set of expect/send string pairs.
390When a chat string starts,
391.Nm getty
392will wait for the first string, and if it finds it, will send the
393second, and so on.
394Strings specified are separated by one or more tabs or spaces.
395Strings may contain standard ascii characters and special 'escapes',
396which consist of a backslash character followed by one or more
397characters which are interpreted as follows:
398.Pp
399.Bl -tag -offset indent -width \&xxxxxxxx -compact
400.It \ea
401bell character.
402.It \eb
403backspace.
404.It \en
405newline.
406.It \ee
407escape.
408.It \ef
409formfeed.
410.It \ep
411half-second pause.
412.It \er
413carriage return.
414.It \eS, \es
415space character.
416.It \et
417tab.
418.It \exNN
419hexadecimal byte value.
420.It \e0NNN
421octal byte value.
422.El
423.Pp
424Note that the
425.Ql \ep
426sequence is only valid for send strings and causes a half-second
427pause between sending the previous and next characters.
428Hexidecimal values are, at most, 2 hex digits long, and octal
429values are a maximum of 3 octal digits.
430.Pp
431The
432.Em \&ic
433chat sequence is used to initialize a modem or similar device.
434A typical example of an init chat script for a modem with a
435hayes compatible command set might look like this:
436.Pp
437.Dl :ic="" ATE0Q0V1\er OK\er ATS0=0\er OK\er:
438.Pp
439This script waits for nothing (which always succeeds), sends
440a sequence to ensure that the modem is in the correct mode
441(suppress command echo, send responses in verbose mode),
442and then disables auto-answer.
443It waits for an "OK" response before it terminates.
444The init sequence is used to check modem responses to ensure that
445the modem is functioning correctly.
446If the init script fails to complete,
447.Nm getty
448considers this to be fatal, and results in an error logged via
449.Xr syslogd 8 ,
450and exiting.
451.Pp
452Similarly, an answer chat script is used to manually answer the
453phone in response to (usually) a "RING".
454When run with an answer script,
455.Nm getty
456opens the port in non-blocking mode, clears any extraneous input
457and waits for data on the port.
458As soon as any data is available, the answer chat script is
459started and scanned for a string, and responds according to
460the answer chat script.
461With a hayes compatible modem, this would normally look something
462like:
463.Pp
464.Dl :ac=RING\er ATA\er CONNECT:
465.Pp
466This causes the modem to answer the call via the "ATA" command,
467then scans input for a "CONNECT" string.
468If this is received before a
469.Em \&ct timeout, then a normal login sequence commences.
470.Pp
471The
472.Em \&ct
473capability specifies a timeout for all send and expect strings.
474This timeout is set individually for each expect wait and send
475string and must be at least as long as the time it takes for
476a connection to be established between a remote and local
477modem (usually around 10 seconds).
478.Pp
479In most situations, you will want to flush any additional
480input after the connection has been detected, and the
481.Em \&de
482capability may be used to do that, as well as delay for a
483short time after the connection has been established during
484which all of the connection data has been sent by the modem.
485.Pp
486.Sh SEE ALSO
487.Xr login 1 ,
488.Xr gethostname 3 ,
489.Xr uname 3 ,
490.Xr termcap 5 ,
491.Xr getty 8 ,
492.Xr telnetd 8 .
493.Sh BUGS
494The special characters (erase, kill, etc.) are reset to system defaults
495by
496.Xr login 1 .
497In
498.Em all
499cases, '#' or '^H' typed in a login name will be treated as
500an erase character, and '@' will be treated as a kill character.
501.Pp
502The delay stuff is a real crock.
503Apart form its general lack of flexibility, some
504of the delay algorithms are not implemented.
505The terminal driver should support sane delay settings.
506.Pp
507The
508.Em \&he
509capability is stupid.
510.Pp
511The
512.Xr termcap 5
513format is horrid, something more rational should
514have been chosen.
515.Sh HISTORY
516The
517.Nm
518file format appeared in
519.Bx 4.2 .
520