# ttytab(5)

    NAME
         ttytab - table of login terminals

    SYNOPSIS
         /etc/ttytab

    DESCRIPTION
         The ttytab file lists all the terminal devices that one can login on.  It
         is a simple text file that contains lines of the form:

              name   type   "getty"   "init"

         The name and type fields are simple  words,  name  is  the  name  of  the
         terminal  device  with  /dev  stripped  off,  and  type tells the type of
         terminal to initialize the TERM environment variable.

         The getty and init fields may name commands that are run to allow one  to
         login  on  the line, or to initialize the line.  Both these fields may be
         more than one word if the whole  field  is  enclosed  in  double  quotes.
         Getty  is usually simply the word getty, the command that prints a system
         identification banner and allows on to type a name to log  in.   Init  is
         usually an stty command to set the baud rate and parity of a serial line.

         The init field may be omitted  to  indicate  that  no  initialization  is
         necessary,  and  the  getty  field  may  be left out to not start a login
         process.  Terminals should not be left out, because their  place  in  the
         ttytab file determines their slot number as returned by ttyslot(3).

         Comments (introduced by #) and empty lines are ignored.

    EXAMPLE
         A ttytab for the console, two serial lines, and a pseudo tty entry:

              console   minix     getty
              tty00     vt100     getty    "stty 9600"
              tty01     dialup    getty    "stty 38400"
              ttyp0     network

    ENVIRONMENT

         TERM           Terminal type

    NOTES
         It is customary to set the type to dialup for a  dialin  line.   One  can
         check for that name in one's .profile.

    SEE ALSO
         getttyent(3), ttyslot(3), init(8).

    AUTHOR
         Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)