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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2013-12-13 17:15:05 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2013-12-13 17:15:05 +0100
commitffaf95cc1885f66eb96de9e6911694c88b698b54 (patch)
treedaaeaa8b49044536a1b26fbcc0656d05380c673e /man/systemd-getty-generator.xml
parent1d97ff7dd71902a5604c2fed8964925d54e09de9 (diff)
man: document that systemd-getty-generator can start additional container gettys on ptys
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@@ -61,9 +61,14 @@
subsystem. It will also instantiate
<filename>serial-getty@.service</filename> 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
+ virtualized environment is detected. Finally, it will
+ instantiate
+ <filename>container-getty@.service</filename>
+ instances for additional container pseudo TTYs as
+ requested by the container manager (see <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ContainerInterface/"><filename>Container Interface</filename></ulink>). 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 <varname>console=</varname> to get