gettyacts(F)


gettyacts -- protocol character sequences recognized by getty

Format

protocol:program:args:char[ char...]

Description

The /etc/gettyacts file contains definitions of character sequences that identify PPP, FAX and similar transmission formats for getty to detect.

Each entry in gettyacts consists of a line containing the following four fields:


protocol
Name of protocol to be detected.

program
Program to be executed to process the connection.

args
List of arguments to program.

char[ char...]
A space-separated list of characters to be matched, represented as octal or hexadecimal values.

Examples

The following example entry from gettyacts executes the PPP shell to allow nppp to log in if uugetty detects the sequence of hexadecimal characters shown:
   PPP:/usr/lib/ppp/ppp:-u nppp:0x7e 0xff
This character sequence could also be represented in octal form:
   PPP:/usr/lib/ppp/ppp:-u nppp:0176 0377

Files


/etc/gettyacts
full pathname of gettyacts

See also

getty(M), ppp(ADMN)
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SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 -- 03 June 2005