.TH TTYS 5 .SH NAMEttys \- terminal initialization data.SH DESCRIPTIONThe.I ttysfile is read by the.I initprogram and specifieswhich terminal special files are to havea process created for them which will allow people tolog in.It contains one line per special file..PPThe first character of a line is either `0' or `1';the former causes the line to be ignored,the latter causes it to be effective.The second character is used as an argument to.IR getty (8),which performs such tasks as baud-rate recognition,reading the login name,and calling.I login.For normal lines,the character is `0';other characters can be used, for example, with hard-wired terminalswhere speed recognition is unnecessaryor which have special characteristics..RI ( Gettywill have to be fixed in such cases.)The remainder of the line is the terminal's entryin the device directory, /dev..SH FILES/etc/ttys.SH "SEE ALSO"init(8), getty(8), login(1)