.TH MINGETTY 8 "6 Apr 1996" "Debian-Local" "Linux Programmer's Manual".SH NAMEmingetty \- minimal getty for consoles.SH SYNOPSIS.B mingetty[\-\-noclear] [\-\-nonewline] [\-\-noissue] [\-\-nohangup] [\-\-nohostname][\-\-long\-hostname] [\-\-loginprog=/bin/login] [\-\-nice=10] [\-\-delay=5][\-\-chdir=/home] [\-\-chroot=/chroot] [\-\-autologin username].I tty.PP.SH DESCRIPTION.B mingetty is a minimal getty for use on virtual consoles.Unlike .BR agetty (8),.B mingettyis not suitable for serial lines.I recommend using.BR mgetty (8) for this purpose..PP.SH OPTIONS.TP.B \-\-noclearDo not clear the screen before prompting for the login name (the screenis normally cleared)..TP.B \-\-nonewlineDo not print a newline before writing out /etc/issue..TP.B \-\-noissueDo not output /etc/issue..TP.B \-\-nohangupDo not call vhangup() to disable writing to this tty byother applications..TP.B \-\-nohostnameDo not print the hostname before the login prompt..TP.B \-\-long\-hostnameBy default the hostname is only printed until the first dot.With this option enabled, the full text from gethostname() is shown..TP.B \-\-loginprog /bin/loginChange the login app..TP.B \-\-nice 10Change the priority by calling nice()..TP.B \-\-delay 5Sleep this many seconds after startup of mingetty..TP.B \-\-chdir /homeChange into this directory before calling the login prog..TP.B \-\-chroot /chrootCall chroot() with this directory name..TP.B \-\-autologin usernameLog the specified user automatically in without asking fora login name and password. Check the \-f option from.B /bin/loginfor this..PP.SH "ISSUE ESCAPES".B mingetty recognizes the following escapes sequences which might be embedded in the .I /etc/issuefile:.IP \fB\ed\fPinsert current day (localtime),.IP \fB\el\fPinsert line on which .B mingetty is running,.IP \fB\em\fPinserts machine architecture (uname -m),.IP \fB\en\fPinserts machine's network node hostname (uname -n),.IP \fB\eo\fPinserts domain name,.IP \fB\er\fPinserts operating system release (uname -r),.IP \fB\et\fPinsert current time (localtime),.IP \fB\es\fPinserts operating system name,.IP \fB\eu\fPresp. \fB\eU\fPthe current number of users which are currently logged in.\\U inserts "\fIn\fP users", where as \\u only inserts "\fIn\fP"..IP \fB\ev\fPinserts operating system version (uname -v)..PP.SH EXAMPLE"\fBLinux\ eos\ i386\ #1\ Tue\ Mar\ 19\ 21:54:09\ MET\ 1996\fP" was producedby putting "\fB\\s\ \\n\ \\m\ \\v\fP" into.IR /etc/issue ..PP.SH FILES.IR /etc/issue ,.IR /var/run/utmp ..PP.SH "SEE ALSO".BR mgetty (8),.BR agetty (8)..PP.SH AUTHORCopyright \(co 1996 Florian La Roche <laroche@redhat.com>.Man-page written by David Frey <David.Frey@eos.lugs.ch> andFlorian La Roche.