.\" Tino Reichardt <der@mcmilk.de> (2002-01-19)
.TH FGETTY 8 "2002-01-19" "fgetty" "System Administrator's Manual"
.SH "NAME"
fgetty \- a small getty for linux
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBfgetty\fR \fItty\fR [\fI--noclear\fR] [\fI--long-hostname\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
The command \fBfgetty\fP is normally invoked by \fIinit(8)\fP, opens a tty port,
prompts for a login name and invokes the /bin/login command.
.SH "OPTIONS"
\fB--noclear\fR makes fgetty not clear the screen before displaying the
login prompt.

\fB--long-hostname\fR makes fgetty display the full
hostname in the login prompt.
.SH "FILES"
.TS
tab (@);
l l.
/etc/issue@ printed before the login prompt
/etc/inittab@ \fIinit\fP(8) configuration file
/var/run/utmp@ the system status file
.TE
.SH ISSUE ESCAPES
The issue-file (\fI/etc/issue\fP or the file may contain certain escape codes to
display the system name, date and time etc. All escape codes consist of a backslash
(\\) immediately followed by one of the letters explained below.
.TP
d
the current date. (eg: 2002-01-19)
.TP
s
the system name, the name of the operating system. (eg: Linux)
.TP
l
the name of the current tty line. (eg: tty3)
.TP
m
the architecture identifier of the machine (eg: i586)
.TP
n
the nodename of the machine, also known as the hostname. (eg: sirius)
.TP
o
the domainname of the machine. (eg: (none))
.TP
r
the release number of the OS. (eg: 2.4.3-i)
.TP
t
the current time. (eg: 14:51:51)
.TP
u
the number of current users logged in. (eg: 4)
.TP
U
the string "1 user" or "<n> users", where <n> is the number of current
users logged in. (eg: 4 users)
.TP
v
Insert the version of the OS. (eg: #2 Fre Jan 18 23:05:45 CET 2002)
.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
.TS
tab (@);
l l.
HOST@ is set to your hostname
TERM@ is set to linux
TTY@ is set to the current tty line
.TE
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.TS
tab (@);
l l.
\fB1\fP @could not chown/chmod tty device
\fB3\fP @could not open tty device
\fB4\fP @not a typewriter
\fB5\fP @vhangup failed
\fB6\fP @could not open tty (can't happen)
\fB7\fP @dup failed
\fB8\fP @could not exec login
\fB9\fP @read returned an unexpected error
\fB10\fP @unprintable character in login name
\fB11\fP @login name too long (>40)
\fB13\fP @user name started with a dash
\fB23\fP @received SIGQUIT
.TE
.SH "AUTHOR"
Felix von Leitner <felix-fgetty@fefe.de>
.PP
Homepage: http://www.fefe.de/fgetty/