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-rw-r--r--man4/console.45
-rw-r--r--man4/tty.41
-rw-r--r--man4/ttyS.41
-rw-r--r--man5/issue.51
-rw-r--r--man5/ttytype.53
-rw-r--r--man5/utmp.58
6 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man4/console.4 b/man4/console.4
index b96071d9..cd69f81e 100644
--- a/man4/console.4
+++ b/man4/console.4
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Common ways to start a process on a console are:
.BR inittab (5))
to start a
.BR mingetty (8)
+(or
+.BR agetty (8))
on the console;
(b) ask
.BR openvt (1)
@@ -83,8 +85,9 @@ All escape sequences can be found in
.BR tty (4),
.BR ttyS (4),
.BR charsets (7),
-.BR mingetty (8),
+.BR agetty (8),
.BR init (8),
+.BR mingetty (8),
.BR mapscrn (8),
.BR resizecons (8),
.BR setfont (8)
diff --git a/man4/tty.4 b/man4/tty.4
index 6aa0fab0..130e1c59 100644
--- a/man4/tty.4
+++ b/man4/tty.4
@@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ to detach itself.
.BR console (4),
.BR tty_ioctl (4),
.BR ttyS (4),
+.BR agetty (8),
.BR mingetty (8)
diff --git a/man4/ttyS.4 b/man4/ttyS.4
index 177c8402..454bd8ab 100644
--- a/man4/ttyS.4
+++ b/man4/ttyS.4
@@ -46,5 +46,6 @@ chown root:tty /dev/ttyS[0\-3]
.BR chown (1),
.BR mknod (1),
.BR tty (4),
+.BR agetty (8),
.BR mingetty (8),
.BR setserial (8)
diff --git a/man5/issue.5 b/man5/issue.5
index 88537a5f..90b2ba99 100644
--- a/man5/issue.5
+++ b/man5/issue.5
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ program employed on the system.
/etc/issue
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR motd (5),
+.BR agetty (8),
.BR mingetty (8)
diff --git a/man5/ttytype.5 b/man5/ttytype.5
index 0045ab5e..3ec0239c 100644
--- a/man5/ttytype.5
+++ b/man5/ttytype.5
@@ -62,5 +62,6 @@ vt320 ttys0
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR termcap (5),
-.BR terminfo (5)
+.BR terminfo (5),
+.BR agetty (8),
.BR mingetty (8)
diff --git a/man5/utmp.5 b/man5/utmp.5
index 8538a455..ea853039 100644
--- a/man5/utmp.5
+++ b/man5/utmp.5
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ It sets \fIut_id\fP from the inittab, \fIut_pid\fP and \fIut_time\fP to the
current values, and \fIut_type\fP to \fBINIT_PROCESS\fP.
.PP
.BR mingetty (8)
+(or
+.BR agetty (8))
locates the entry by the PID, changes \fIut_type\fP to
\fBLOGIN_PROCESS\fP, changes \fIut_time\fP, sets \fIut_line\fP, and waits
for connection to be established.
@@ -144,6 +146,8 @@ authenticated, changes \fIut_type\fP to \fBUSER_PROCESS\fP, changes
\fIut_time\fP, and sets \fIut_host\fP and \fIut_addr\fP.
Depending on
.BR mingetty (8)
+(or
+.BR agetty (8))
and
.BR login (1),
records may be located by
@@ -189,7 +193,9 @@ changes it.
.BR login (1),
.BR init (8),
and some versions of
-.BR mingetty (8).
+.BR mingetty (8)
+(or
+.BR agetty (8)).
Neither of these programs creates the file, so if it is
removed, record-keeping is turned off.
.PP