agetty: don't put the VC into canonical mode

[thirdparty/util-linux.git] / login-utils / login.1

diff --git a/login-utils/login.1 b/login-utils/login.1
index 2fc7a501f378074a5ff927a577b04160e5a5cafc..cb8addec3e477f47bd97b821af3fae32925d5e6e 100644 (file)
--- a/login-utils/login.1
+++ b/login-utils/login.1
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ login \- begin session on the system
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B login
 [
-.BR \-p
+.B \-p
 ] [
-.BR \-h
-.IR host
+.B \-h
+.I host
 ] [
-.BR \-H
+.B \-H
 ] [
-.BR \-f
-.IR username
+.B \-f
+.I username
 |
-.IR username
+.I username
 ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B login
@@ -130,8 +130,14 @@ Used by other servers (i.e.,
 to tell
 .B login
 that printing the hostname should be suppressed in the login: prompt.
+See also LOGIN_PLAIN_PROMPT below if your server does not allow to configure
+.B login
+command line.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-help\fR
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
-.B \-V
+\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
 Display version information and exit.
 .SH CONFIG FILE ITEMS
 .B login
@@ -157,6 +163,15 @@ by
 PAM module.
 .RE
 .PP
+.B LOGIN_PLAIN_PROMPT
+(boolean)
+.RS 4
+Tell login that printing the hostname should be suppressed in the login:
+prompt.  This is alternative to the \fB\-H\fR command line option.  The default
+value is
+.IR no .
+.RE
+.PP
 .B LOGIN_TIMEOUT
 (number)
 .RS 4
@@ -184,9 +199,9 @@ login failure.  The default value is
 (string)
 .RS 4
 The terminal permissions.  The default value is
-.IR 0600
+.I 0600
 or
-.IR 0620
+.I 0620
 if tty group is used.
 .RE
 .PP