SYSTEMD-GETTY-GENERATOR(8) systemd-getty-generator SYSTEMD-GETTY-GENERATOR(8)
NAME
systemd-getty-generator - Generator for enabling getty instances on the console
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-getty-generator
DESCRIPTION
systemd-getty-generator is a generator that automatically instantiates [email protected] on the kernel
console /dev/console if that is not directed to the virtual console subsystem. It will also instantiate
[email protected] instances for virtualizer consoles, if execution in a virtualized environment is
detected. Finally, it will instantiate [email protected] instances for additional container pseudo TTYs
as requested by the container manager (see Container Interface[1]). This should ensure that the user is shown
a login prompt at the right place, regardless of which environment the system is started in. For example, it
is sufficient to redirect the kernel console with a kernel command line argument such as console= to get both
kernel messages and a getty prompt on a serial TTY. See kernel-parameters.txt[2] for more information on the
console= kernel parameter.
systemd-getty-generator implements systemd.generator(7).
Further information about configuration of gettys you may find in systemd for Administrators, Part XVI: Gettys
on Serial Consoles (and Elsewhere)[3].
SEE ALSO
systemd(1), agetty(8)
NOTES
1. Container
Interface
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ContainerInterface/
2. kernel-parameters.txt
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
3. systemd for Administrators, Part XVI: Gettys on Serial Consoles (and Elsewhere)
http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/serial-console.html
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