GETTY(VIII) 9/19/73 GETTY(VIII)





GETTY(VIII)                  9/19/73                  GETTY(VIII)







NAME

     getty  - set typewriter mode



SYNOPSIS

     /etc/getty



DESCRIPTION

     Getty  is  invoked  by  init  (VIII)  immediately  after   a

     typewriter  is opened following a dial-up.  The user's login

     name is read and the login (I) command is called  with  this

     name as an argument.  While reading this name getty attempts

     to adapt the system to the speed and type of terminal  being

     used.



     Getty initially sets the speed of the interface to 300 baud,

     specifies  that  raw  mode  is  to  be  used (break on every

     character), that echo is to be suppressed, and either parity

     allowed.   It  types  the ``login:'' message (which includes

     the characters which put  the  Terminet  300  terminal  into

     full-duplex and return the GSI terminal to non-graphic mode.

     Then the user's name is read, a character at a time.   If  a

     null  character  is received, it is assumed to be the result

     of the user pushing the ``break'' (``interrupt'') key.   The

     speed  is  then  changed  to  150 baud and the ``login:'' is

     typed again, this time including the chracter sequence which

     puts  a  Teletype 37 into full-duplex.  If a subsequent null

     character is received, the speed  is  changed  back  to  300

     baud.



     The user's name is terminated by  a  new-line  or  carriage-

     return  character.   The  latter results in the system being

     set to to treat carriage  returns  appropriately  (see  stty

     (II)).



     The user's name is scanned to see if it contains any  lower-

     case  alphabetic  characters;  if  not,  and  if the name is

     nonempty, the system is told to map  any  future  upper-case

     characters  into  the  corresponding  lower-case characters.

     Thus UNIX is usable from upper-case-only terminals.



     Finally, login is called with the user's name as argument.



SEE ALSO

     init (VIII), login (I), stty (II)



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