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 serial-getty@.service on the kernel console /dev/console if that is not directed to the virtual console subsystem. It will also instantiate serial-getty@.service instances for virtualizer consoles, if execution in a virtualized environment is detected. This should ensure that the user is shown a login prompt at the right place, regardless in which environment the system is started. 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[1] for more information on the console= kernel parameter.

systemd-getty-generator implements the generator specification[2].

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.  kernel-parameters.txt
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

2.  generator specification
    http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Generators

3.  systemd for Administrators, Part XVI: Gettys on Serial Consoles (and Elsewhere)
    http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/serial-console.html