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;-l ''login_program'' : Invoke the specified ''login_program'' instead of /bin/login. This allows the use of a non-standard login program (for example, one that asks for a dial-up password or that uses a different password file).
;-H ''login_host'' : Write the specified ''login_host'' into the utmp file. (Normally, no login host is given, since __getty__ is used for local hardwired connections and consoles. However, this option can be useful for identifying terminal concentrators and the like.
;-m : Try to extract the baud rate the CONNECT status message produced by Hayes(tm)-compatible modems. These status messages are of the form: "<junk><speed><junk>". __getty__ assumes that the modem emits its status message at the same speed as specified with (the first) ''baud_rate'' value on the command line.
-Since the ''-m'' feature may fail on heavily-loaded systems, you still should enable BREAK processing by enumerating all expected baud rates on the command line.
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Since the ''-m'' feature may fail on heavily-loaded systems, you still should enable BREAK processing by enumerating all expected baud rates on the command line.
;-n : Do not prompt the user for a login name. This can be used in connection with -l option to invoke a non-standard login process such as a BBS system. Note that with the -n option, __getty__ gets no input from user who logs in and therefore won't be able to figure out parity, character size, and newline processing of the connection. It defaults to space parity, 7 bit characters, and ASCII CR (13) end-of-line character. Beware that the program that __getty__ starts (usually /bin/login) is run as root.
;-t ''timeout'' : Terminate if no user name could be read within ''timeout'' seconds. This option should probably not be used with hard-wired lines.
;-L : Force the line to be a local line with no need for carrier detect. This can be useful when you have a locally attached terminal where the serial line does not set the carrier detect signal.
;-w : Wait for the user or the modem to send a carriage-return or a linefeed character before sending the ''/etc/issue'' (or other) file and the login prompt. Very useful in connection with the -I option.
