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Diffstat (limited to 'term-utils/agetty.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | term-utils/agetty.8 | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/term-utils/agetty.8 b/term-utils/agetty.8 index 4ccb28a14..c43f4561c 100644 --- a/term-utils/agetty.8 +++ b/term-utils/agetty.8 @@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ whatever init(8) may have set, and is inherited by login and the shell. Assume that the tty is 8-bit clean, hence disable parity detection. .TP \-a, \-\-autologin \fIusername\fP -Log the specified user automatically in without asking for a login -name and password. Check the \-f option from -\fB/bin/login\fP for this. +Log the specified user automatically in without asking for a login name and +password. The \-f \fIusername\fP option is added to the \fB/bin/login\fP +command line by default. The \-\-login-options option changes this default +behaviour and then only \\u is replaced by the \fIusername\fP and no other +option is added to the login command line. .TP \-c, \-\-noreset Don't reset terminal cflags (control modes). See \fItermios(3)\fP for more @@ -160,9 +162,10 @@ is run as root. .TP \-o, \-\-login\-options \fI"login_options"\fP Options that are passed to the login program. \\u is replaced -by the login name. Defaults to "-- \\u", which is suitable for -\fB/bin/login\fP. Please read the SECURITY NOTICE below if -you want to use this. +by the login name. The default \fB/bin/login\fP command line +is "/bin/login -- <username>". + +Please read the SECURITY NOTICE below if you want to use this. .TP \-p, \-\-login\-pause Wait for any key before dropping to the login prompt. Can be combined |