TTYS(V) 2/20/74 TTYS(V)
NAME
ttys - typewriter initialization data
DESCRIPTION
The ttys file is read by the init program and specifies
which typewriter special files are to have a process created
for them which will allow people to log in. It consists of
lines of 3 characters each.
The first character is either `0' or `1'; the former causes
the line to be ignored, the latter causes it to be
effective. The second character is the last character in
the name of a typewriter; e.g. x refers to the file
`/dev/ttyx'. The third character is the offset in a table
contained in init which selects an initialization program
for the line; currently it must be `0' and the only such
program is /etc/getty.
FILES
found in /etc
SEE ALSO
init (VIII)