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
- system is started. For example, it is sufficient to
+ 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 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 <varname>console=</varname> to get
both kernel messages and a getty prompt on a serial
implements the <ulink
url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Generators">generator
specification</ulink>.</para>
+
+ <para>Further information about configuration of
+ gettys you may find in <ulink
+ url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/serial-console.html">systemd
+ for Administrators, Part XVI: Gettys on Serial
+ Consoles (and Elsewhere)</ulink>.</para>
</refsect1>
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