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authoryar <yar@FreeBSD.org>2003-06-10 14:20:38 +0000
committeryar <yar@FreeBSD.org>2003-06-10 14:20:38 +0000
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Improve the language and markup of the description of the pp and pl
capabilities: - Mark up capability identifiers. - Don't squeeze much text into the capability table given the options will be described below in detail. - Keep the capability table sorted. - Use a consistent term for a PPP login program. MFC after: 1 week
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-rw-r--r--libexec/getty/gettytab.525
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/getty/gettytab.5 b/libexec/getty/gettytab.5
index 9135665..20fb09a 100644
--- a/libexec/getty/gettytab.5
+++ b/libexec/getty/gettytab.5
@@ -158,9 +158,10 @@ hangup line on last close
.It "pe bool false use printer (hard copy) erase algorithm"
.It "pf num 0 delay"
between first prompt and following flush (seconds)
-.It "pp str unused PPP authentication program"
-.It "pl bool false do not detect PPP sequence, but start PPP login"
-program referenced by pp automatically
+.It "pl bool false start PPP login program automatically if"
+.Em \&pp
+is specified
+.It "pp str unused PPP login program"
.It "ps bool false line connected to a"
.Tn MICOM
port selector
@@ -374,11 +375,21 @@ utility does not check parity of input characters in
.Dv RAW
mode.
.Pp
-If
+If a
+.Em \&pp
+string is specified and a PPP link bring-up sequence is recognized,
+getty will invoke the program referenced by the
+.Em \&pp
+option.
+This can be used to handle incoming PPP calls.
+If the
+.Em \&pl
+option is true as well,
+.Xr getty 8
+will skip the user name prompt and the PPP detection phase, and will
+invoke the program specified by
.Em \&pp
-string is specified and a PPP link bring up sequence is recognized,
-getty will invoke the program referenced by the pp option. This
-can be used to handle incoming PPP calls.
+instantly.
.Pp
.Nm Getty
provides some basic intelligent modem handling by providing a chat
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