nixpkgs-suyu/modules/services/ttys/mingetty.nix

{ config, pkgs, ... }:

with pkgs.lib;

{

  ###### interface

  options = {
  
    services.mingetty = {

      ttys = mkOption {
        default = [ "tty1" "tty2" "tty3" "tty4" "tty5" "tty6" ];
        description = ''
          The list of tty devices on which to start a login prompt.
        '';
      };

      waitOnMounts = mkOption {
        default = false;
        description = ''
          Whether the login prompts on the virtual consoles will be
          started before or after all file systems have been mounted.  By
          default we don't wait, but if for example your /home is on a
          separate partition, you may want to turn this on.
        '';
      };

      greetingLine = mkOption {
        default = ''<<< Welcome to NixOS (\m) - Kernel \r (\l) >>>'';
        description = ''
          Welcome line printed by mingetty.
        '';
      };

      helpLine = mkOption {
        default = "";
        description = ''
          Help line printed by mingetty below the welcome line.
          Used by the installation CD to give some hints on
          how to proceed.
        '';
      };

    };
    
  };


  ###### implementation

  config = {

    # Generate a separate job for each tty.  
    jobAttrs = listToAttrs (map (tty: nameValuePair tty {
    
      startOn = "udev";

      exec = "${pkgs.mingetty}/sbin/mingetty --loginprog=${pkgs.pam_login}/bin/login --noclear ${tty}";
      
    }) config.services.mingetty.ttys);

    environment.etc = singleton
      { # Friendly greeting on the virtual consoles.
        source = pkgs.writeText "issue" ''
      
          ${config.services.mingetty.greetingLine}
          ${config.services.mingetty.helpLine}
        
        '';
        target = "issue";
      };
  };
  
}