MINGETTY(8)		  Linux Programmer's Manual		  MINGETTY(8)



NAME
       mingetty - minimal getty for consoles

SYNOPSIS
       mingetty [--noclear] [--nonewline] [--noissue] [--nohangup] [--nohost-
       name]	[--long-hostname]    [--loginprog=/bin/login]	  [--nice=10]
       [--delay=5]  [--chdir=/home] [--chroot=/chroot] [--autologin username]
       tty


DESCRIPTION
       mingetty is a minimal getty  for	 use  on  virtual  consoles.   Unlike
       agetty(8),  mingetty  is	 not  suitable for serial lines.  I recommend
       using mgetty(8) for this purpose.


OPTIONS
       --noclear
	      Do not clear the screen before prompting	for  the  login	 name
	      (the screen is normally cleared).

       --nonewline
	      Do not print a newline before writing out /etc/issue.

       --noissue
	      Do not output /etc/issue.

       --nohangup
	      Do  not  call vhangup() to disable writing to this tty by other
	      applications.

       --nohostname
	      Do not print the hostname before the login prompt.

       --long-hostname
	      By default the hostname is only printed until  the  first	 dot.
	      With  this  option enabled, the full text from gethostname() is
	      shown.

       --loginprog /bin/login
	      Change the login app.

       --nice 10
	      Change the priority by calling nice().

       --delay 5
	      Sleep this many seconds after startup of mingetty.

       --chdir /home
	      Change into this directory before calling the login prog.

       --chroot /chroot
	      Call chroot() with this directory name.

       --autologin username
	      Log the specified user automatically in without  asking  for  a
	      login  name  and	password. Check the -f option from /bin/login
	      for this.


ISSUE ESCAPES
       mingetty recognizes the following escapes  sequences  which  might  be
       embedded in the /etc/issue file:

       \d     insert current day (localtime),

       \l     insert line on which mingetty is running,

       \m     inserts machine architecture (uname -m),

       \n     inserts machine's network node hostname (uname -n),

       \o     inserts domain name,

       \r     inserts operating system release (uname -r),

       \t     insert current time (localtime),

       \s     inserts operating system name,

       \u     resp. \U the current number of users which are currently logged
	      in.  \U inserts "n users", where as \u only inserts "n".

       \v     inserts operating system version (uname -v).


EXAMPLE
       "Linux eos i386 #1 Tue Mar 19 21:54:09 MET 1996"	  was	produced   by
       putting "\s \n \m \v" into /etc/issue.


FILES
       /etc/issue, /var/run/utmp.


SEE ALSO
       mgetty(8), agetty(8).


AUTHOR
       Copyright  (C)  1996  Florian  La  Roche .  Man-page
       written by David Frey  and Florian La Roche.



Debian-Local			  6 Apr 1996			  MINGETTY(8)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. clear
2. disable
3. tty
4. hostname
5. login
6. which
7. time
8. users
9. as
10. i386