1TTYS(5)                       File Formats Manual                      TTYS(5)
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NAME

6       ttys - terminal initialization data
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DESCRIPTION

9       The  ttys file is read by the init program and specifies which terminal
10       special files are to have a process created for them which  will  allow
11       people to log in.  It contains one line per special file.
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13       The  first  character of a line is either `0' or `1'; the former causes
14       the line to be ignored, the latter causes it to be effective.  The sec‐
15       ond  character  is used as an argument to getty(8), which performs such
16       tasks as baud-rate recognition, reading the  login  name,  and  calling
17       login.  For normal lines, the character is `0'; other characters can be
18       used, for example, with hard-wired terminals where speed recognition is
19       unnecessary or which have special characteristics.  (Getty will have to
20       be fixed in such cases.)  The remainder of the line is  the  terminal's
21       entry in the device directory, /dev.
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FILES

24       /etc/ttys
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SEE ALSO

27       init(8), getty(8), login(1)
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