agetty

Alternative `getty`: Open a `tty` port, prompt for a login name, and invoke the `/bin/login` command.

Connect stdin to a port (relative to /dev) and optionally specify a baud rate (defaults to 9600)

$ agetty [tty] [115200]

Assume stdin is already connected to a tty and set a timeout for the login

$ agetty [-t|--timeout] [timeout_in_seconds] -

Assume the tty is [8]-bit, overriding the TERM environment variable set by init

$ agetty -8 - [term_var]

Skip the login (no login) and invoke, as root, another login program instead of /bin/login

$ agetty [-n|--skip-login] [-l|--login-program] [login_program] [tty]

Do not display the pre-login (issue) file (/etc/issue by default) before writing the login prompt

$ agetty [-i|--noissue] -

Change the root directory and write a specific fake host into the utmp file

$ agetty [-r|--chroot] [/path/to/root_directory] [-H|--host] [fake_host] -