Re: Setting TERM in single user mode

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008, Geoff Wing wrote:

> On Monday 2008-10-06 12:14 -0400, Greg A. Woods; Planix, Inc. output:
> > Strictly speaking "console" should be _removed_ from /etc/ttys.  It is
> > (now) always the wrong device to run getty on.  A "constty" entry is the
> > only correct way to properly access the system console TTY device.
>
> It still has meaning for single user mode.  See init(8):
>
>    If the `console' entry in the ttys(5) file is marked ``insecure'', then
>    init will require that the superuser password be entered before the sys-
>    tem will start a single-user shell.  The password check is skipped if the
>    `console' is marked as ``secure''.
>
> So you can have something like this in /etc/ttys :
>
>    console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt100   off insecure
>    ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure

        This is actually a very good reason for console *and* constty:

            console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   off
            constty "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
            ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   off secure

        The above will also DTRT with a serial console


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