Manual pages: agetty.8: Minor formatting and wording fixes
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ The default for \fBserial terminals\fP is keep the current baud rate
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.TP
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.I term
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The value to be used for the TERM environment variable. This overrides
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whatever init(8) may have set, and is inherited by login and the shell.
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whatever
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.BR init (1)
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may have set, and is inherited by login and the shell.
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.sp
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The default is 'vt100', or 'linux' for Linux on a virtual terminal,
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or 'hurd' for GNU Hurd on a virtual terminal.
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@ -93,8 +95,12 @@ Using this option causes an \fB\-f \fIusername\fR option and argument to be
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added to the \fB/bin/login\fP command line. See \fB\-\-login\-options\fR, which
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can be used to modify this option's behavior.
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Note that \fB\-\-autologin\fP may affect the way how agetty initializes the
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serial line, because on auto-login agetty does not read from the line and it
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Note that \fB\-\-autologin\fP may affect the way in which
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.B getty
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initializes the
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serial line, because on auto-login
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.B agetty
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does not read from the line and it
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has no opportunity optimize the line setting.
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.TP
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\-c, \-\-noreset
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@ -353,16 +359,20 @@ not be interpreted as options. Use this feature if available by passing "\-\-"
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before the username gets passed by \\u.
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.SH ISSUE FILES
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The default issue file is \fI/etc/issue\fP. If the file exists then agetty also
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The default issue file is \fI/etc/issue\fP. If the file exists, then
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.B agetty
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also
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checks for \fI/etc/issue.d\fP directory. The directory is optional extension to
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the default issue file and content of the directory is printed after
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\fI/etc/issue\fP content. If the \fI/etc/issue\fP does not exist than the
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\fI/etc/issue\fP content. If the \fI/etc/issue\fP does not exist, then the
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directory is ignored. All files \fBwith .issue extension\fP from the directory are
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printed in version-sort order. The directory can be used to maintain 3rd-party
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messages independently on the primary system \fI/etc/issue\fP file.
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Since version 2.35 additional locations for issue file and directory are
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supported. If the default \fI/etc/issue\fP does not exist than agetty checks
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supported. If the default \fI/etc/issue\fP does not exist, then
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.B agetty
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checks
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for \fI/run/issue\fP and \fI/run/issue.d\fP, thereafter for
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\fI/usr/lib/issue\fP and \fI/usr/lib/issue.d\fP. The directory /etc is
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expected for host specific configuration, /run is expected for generated stuff
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@ -372,7 +382,7 @@ The default path maybe overridden by \fB\-\-issue\-file\fP option. In this case
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specified path has to be file or directory and all the default issue file and
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directory locations are ignored.
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The issue file feature is possible to completely disable by \fB\-\-noissue\fP option.
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The issue file feature can be completely disabled by \fB\-\-noissue\fP option.
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It is possible to review the current issue file by \fBagetty \-\-show\-issue\fP
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on the current terminal.
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