This procedure shows how to modify parameters passed to ttymon.
The ttymon(1M) man page states that the service to modify is svc:/system/console-login. The ttymon(1M) man page also contains descriptions of the properties in the ttymon property group.
The following command shows multiple instances of the console-login service in this image and shows that the default instance is the only instance currently online:
$ svcs console-login STATE STIME FMRI disabled 10:49:43 svc:/system/console-login:terma disabled 10:49:43 svc:/system/console-login:termb online 10:50:54 svc:/system/console-login:default
The following command shows the name, data type, value, and a brief description of each property in the ttymon property group in the default instance:
$ svccfg -s console-login:default describe ttymon
ttymon application
ttymon/device astring /dev/console
The terminal device to be used for the console login prompt.
ttymon/terminal_type astring
Sets the initial value of the TERM environment variable
The preceding output shows no value for the terminal_type property. The following command confirms that the value of the ttymon/terminal_type property of the console-login:default instance is currently null:
$ svcprop -p ttymon/terminal_type console-login:default ""
Enter the following command to change the value of the ttymon/terminal_type property of the console-login:default instance to xterm:
$ svccfg -s system/console-login:default setprop ttymon/terminal_type=xterm
The following output shows that the value of the terminal_type property is changed in the editing configuration but not in the running snapshot:
$ svccfg -s console-login:default listprop ttymon/terminal_type ttymon/terminal_type astring xterm $ svcprop -p ttymon/terminal_type console-login:default ""
After you refresh the service instance, the property value is changed in the running snapshot:
$ svcadm refresh console-login:default $ svcprop -p ttymon/terminal_type console-login:default xterm