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GETTYTAB(5) File Formats Manual GETTYTAB(5) NAME gettytab -- terminal configuration data base SYNOPSIS gettytab DESCRIPTION The gettytab file is a simplified version of the termcap(5) data base used to describe terminal lines. The initial terminal login process getty(8) accesses the gettytab file each time it starts, allowing sim- pler reconfiguration of terminal characteristics. Each entry in the data base is used to describe one class of terminals. There is a default terminal class, default, that is used to set global defaults for all other classes. (That is, the default entry is read, then the entry for the class required is used to override particular settings.) CAPABILITIES Refer to termcap(5) for a description of the file layout. The default column below lists defaults obtained if there is no entry in the table obtained, nor one in the special default table. Name Type Default Description ac str unused expect-send chat script for modem answer al str unused user to auto-login instead of prompting ap bool false terminal uses any parity bk str 0377 alternate end of line character (input break) c0 num unused tty control flags to write messages c1 num unused tty control flags to read login name c2 num unused tty control flags to leave terminal as ce bool false use crt erase algorithm ck bool false use crt kill algorithm cl str NULL co bool false console - add `\n' after login prompt ct num 10 chat timeout for ac and ic scripts dc num 0 chat debug bitmask de num 0 delay secs and flush input before writing first prompt df str %+ the strftime(3) format used for %d in the banner message ds str `^Y' delayed suspend character dx bool false set DECCTLQ ec bool false leave echo OFF ep bool false terminal uses even parity er str `^?' erase character et str `^D' end of text (EOF) character ev str NULL fl str `^O' output flush character hc bool false do NOT hangup line on last close he str NULL hn str hostname hostname ht bool false terminal has real tabs hw bool false do cts/rts hardware flow control i0 num unused tty input flags to write messages i1 num unused tty input flags to read login name i2 num unused tty input flags to leave terminal as ic str unused expect-send chat script for modem initialization if str unused display named file before prompt, like /etc/issue ig bool false ignore garbage characters in login name im str NULL iM str NULL in str `^C' interrupt character is num unused input speed kl str `^U' kill character l0 num unused tty local flags to write messages l1 num unused tty local flags to read login name l2 num unused tty local flags to leave terminal as lm str login: login prompt ln str `^V' ``literal next'' character lo str /usr/bin/login mb bool false do flow control based on carrier nc bool false terminal does not supply carrier (set clocal) nl bool false terminal has (or might have) a newline character np bool false terminal uses no parity (i.e., 8-bit characters) nx str default next table (for auto speed selection) o0 num unused tty output flags to write messages o1 num unused tty output flags to read login name o2 num unused tty output flags to leave terminal as op bool false terminal uses odd parity os num unused output speed pc str `\0' pad character pe bool false use printer (hard copy) erase algorithm pf num 0 delay between first prompt and fol- lowing flush (seconds) pl bool false start PPP login program unconditionally if pp is specified pp str unused PPP login program ps bool false line connected to a MICOM port selec- tor qu str `^\' quit character rp str `^R' line retype character rt num unused ring timeout when using ac rw bool false do NOT use raw for input, use cbreak sp num unused line speed (input and output) su str `^Z' suspend character tc str none table continuation to num 0 timeout (seconds) tt str NULL ub bool false do unbuffered output (of prompts etc) we str `^W' word erase character xc bool false do NOT echo control chars as `^X' xf str `^S' XOFF (stop output) character xn str `^Q' XON (start output) character Lo str C the locale name used for %d in the banner message The following capabilities are no longer supported by getty(8): bd num 0 backspace delay cb bool false use crt backspace mode cd num 0 carriage-return delay f0 num unused tty mode flags to write messages f1 num unused tty mode flags to read login name f2 num unused tty mode flags to leave terminal as fd num 0 form-feed (vertical motion) delay lc bool false terminal has lower case nd num 0 newline (line-feed) delay uc bool false terminal is known upper case only If no line speed is specified, speed will not be altered from that which prevails when getty is entered. Specifying an input or output speed will override line speed for stated direction only. Terminal modes to be used for the output of the message, for input of the login name, and to leave the terminal set as upon completion, are derived from the boolean flags specified. If the derivation should prove inadequate, any (or all) of these three may be overridden with one of the c0, c1, c2, i0, i1, i2, l0, l1, l2, o0, o1, or o2 numeric specifications, which can be used to specify (usually in octal, with a leading '0') the exact values of the flags. These flags correspond to the termios c_cflag, c_iflag, c_lflag, and c_oflag fields, respec- tively. Each these sets must be completely specified to be effective. Should getty(8) receive a null character (presumed to indicate a line break) it will restart using the table indicated by the nx entry. If there is none, it will re-use its original table. Delays are specified in milliseconds, the nearest possible delay avail- able in the tty driver will be used. Should greater certainty be de- sired, delays with values 0, 1, 2, and 3 are interpreted as choosing that particular delay algorithm from the driver. The cl screen clear string may be preceded by a (decimal) number of milliseconds of delay required (a la termcap). This delay is simulated by repeated use of the pad character pc. The initial message, login message, and initial file; im, lm and if may include any of the following character sequences, which expand to in- formation about the environment in which getty(8) is running. %d The current date and time formatted according to the Lo and df strings. %h The hostname of the machine, which is normally obtained from the system using gethostname(3), but may also be overridden by the hn table en- try. In either case it may be edited with the he POSIX "extended" regular expression, which is matched against the hostname. If there are no parenthesized subexpressions in the pattern, the entire matched string is used as the final host- name; otherwise, the first matched subexpression is used instead. If the pattern does not match, the original hostname is not modified. %t The tty name. %m, %r, %s, %v The type of machine, release of the operating system, name of the operating system, and ver- sion of the kernel, respectively, as returned by uname(3). %% A "%" character. When getty execs the login process, given in the lo string (usually "/usr/bin/login"), it will have set the environment to include the ter- minal type, as indicated by the tt string (if it exists). The ev string, can be used to enter additional data into the environment. It is a list of comma separated strings, each of which will presumably be of the form name=value. If a non-zero timeout is specified, with to, then getty will exit within the indicated number of seconds, either having received a login name and passed control to login(1), or having received an alarm sig- nal, and exited. This may be useful to hangup dial in lines. Output from getty(8) is even parity unless op or np is specified. The op string may be specified with ap to allow any parity on input, but generate odd parity output. Note: this only applies while getty is be- ing run, terminal driver limitations prevent a more complete implemen- tation. The getty(8) utility does not check parity of input characters in RAW mode. If a pp string is specified and a PPP link bring-up sequence is recog- nized, getty will invoke the program referenced by the pp option. This can be used to handle incoming PPP calls. If the pl option is true as well, getty(8) will skip the user name prompt and the PPP detection phase, and will invoke the program specified by pp instantly. Getty provides some basic intelligent modem handling by providing a chat script feature available via two capabilities: ic Chat script to initialize modem. ac Chat script to answer a call. A chat script is a set of expect/send string pairs. When a chat string starts, getty will wait for the first string, and if it finds it, will send the second, and so on. Strings specified are separated by one or more tabs or spaces. Strings may contain standard ASCII characters and special 'escapes', which consist of a backslash character followed by one or more characters which are interpreted as follows: \a bell character. \b backspace. \n newline. \e escape. \f formfeed. \p half-second pause. \r carriage return. \S, \s space character. \t tab. \xNN hexadecimal byte value. \0NNN octal byte value. Note that the `\p' sequence is only valid for send strings and causes a half-second pause between sending the previous and next characters. Hexadecimal values are, at most, 2 hex digits long, and octal values are a maximum of 3 octal digits. The ic chat sequence is used to initialize a modem or similar device. A typical example of an init chat script for a modem with a hayes com- patible command set might look like this: :ic="" ATE0Q0V1\r OK\r ATS0=0\r OK\r: This script waits for nothing (which always succeeds), sends a sequence to ensure that the modem is in the correct mode (suppress command echo, send responses in verbose mode), and then disables auto-answer. It waits for an "OK" response before it terminates. The init sequence is used to check modem responses to ensure that the modem is functioning correctly. If the init script fails to complete, getty considers this to be fatal, and results in an error logged via syslogd(8), and exit- ing. Similarly, an answer chat script is used to manually answer the phone in response to (usually) a "RING". When run with an answer script, getty opens the port in non-blocking mode, clears any extraneous input and waits for data on the port. As soon as any data is available, the answer chat script is started and scanned for a string, and responds according to the answer chat script. With a hayes compatible modem, this would normally look something like: :ac=RING\r ATA\r CONNECT: This causes the modem to answer the call via the "ATA" command, then scans input for a "CONNECT" string. If this is received before a ct timeout, then a normal login sequence commences. The ct capability specifies a timeout for all send and expect strings. This timeout is set individually for each expect wait and send string and must be at least as long as the time it takes for a connection to be established between a remote and local modem (usually around 10 sec- onds). In most situations, you will want to flush any additional input after the connection has been detected, and the de capability may be used to do that, as well as delay for a short time after the connection has been established during which all of the connection data has been sent by the modem. SEE ALSO login(1), gethostname(3), uname(3), termcap(5), getty(8) HISTORY The gettytab file format appeared in 4.2BSD. BUGS The special characters (erase, kill, etc.) are reset to system defaults by login(1). In all cases, '#' or '^H' typed in a login name will be treated as an erase character, and '@' will be treated as a kill char- acter. The delay stuff is a real crock. Apart form its general lack of flexi- bility, some of the delay algorithms are not implemented. The terminal driver should support sane delay settings. The termcap(5) format is horrid, something more rational should have been chosen. FreeBSD 13.2 September 29, 2022 GETTYTAB(5)
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