- Getty (Unix)
getty short for "get teletype", is a
Unix program running on ahost computer that manages physical or virtual terminals (tty ). When it detects a connection, it prompts for a username and runs the 'login' program to authenticate the user.Originally, on traditional Unix systems, getty handled connections to serial terminals (often
teletype machines) connected to a host computer. The 'tty ' part of the name stands for teletype, but has come to mean any type oftext terminal .Personal computer s running Unix-likeoperating system s, even if they do not provide any remote login services, may still use getty as a means of logging in on a local virtual console.Instead of the 'login' program getty may also be set up by the
system administrator to run any other program, for example a PPP daemon to provide dial-up Internet access.External links
* [http://man.cx/getty(8) getty] - Unix man page
* [http://www.tin.org/bin/man.cgi?section=8&topic=getty agetty(8)] - alternativeLinux agetty
* [http://www.linuxcommand.org/man_pages/mgetty8.html mgetty(8)] - mgetty (modem aware getty)
* [http://www.linuxcommand.org/man_pages/mingetty8.html mingetty(8)] - mingetty (minimal getty)
* [http://qingy.sourceforge.net Qingy] - Qingy Is Not GettY
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