SysVinit
Init is the parent of all processes. Its primary role is to create processes from a script stored in the file /etc/inittab. This package also contains well known and used utilities like reboot, shutdown, killall, poweroff, tellinit, sulogin, wall, etc.
| Licenses | GPL |
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Recent releases
- 17 Oct 2005 08:36
No changes have been submitted for this release.
- 10 Sep 2003 16:57
No changes have been submitted for this release.
- 07 Jan 2002 20:50
Release Notes: This release doesn't use /etc/initlvl interface for telinit; it only use /dev/initctl, and gives a clear error when that fails. The -i/--init command line flag has been added to init, which tells init "behave as system init even if you're not PID#1". This is useful for testing in chroot/jail type environments.
- 27 Aug 2001 08:03
Release Notes: /etc/init.d/rc was updated. The -C argument was added to fsck. Files in /var/run and /var/lock that are newer than /etc/mtab are no longer removed. This may fix the dhcpcd problems. Kernel messages are now saved in /var/log/dmesg. Shutdown now calls sync before switching the runlevel to 0 or 6, or before unmounting filesystems if -n was used. umount is now called with the -f option to force NFS umounts. The TMPTIME documentation in rcS(5) was fixed. Some cosmetic changes were made to 'init.c'. Certain files were moved to /usr/share to comply with latest policy.
- 19 Jul 2001 10:17
Release Notes: Several fixes were made to wall. Several extra boundary checks were added. /dev/console is now used as the controlling tty. Stricter checks on tty ownership are now implemented in mesg(1). The -n option to wall(1) was documented and restricted. Changes were made for compatibility with glibc 2.2.2. I/O redirection is now documented in the wall manpage. The README was updated. The init(8) manpage was corrected, as was a typo in the halt(8) manpage. The time argument of shutdown(8) is now checked for correctness. last(1) now checks for stale sessions.
Recent comments
The sysvinit project is now being developed on
savannah.nongnu.org/pr... .
Bug in main() of init.c?
A colleague of mine found a place that looks like a bug:
isinit = (getpid() == 1);
for (f = 1; f < argc; f++) {
if (!strcmp(argv[f], "-i") || !strcmp(argv[f], "--init"))
isinit = 1;
break;
}
..So, this only accepts "-" or "--init" as first argument due "break;". Braces should be added.
Normal GNU/[place your favorite kernel here] -users using readily built distros will never need this to be fixed, nor.. well most likely.. anybody.
peretdorguitno
09 Jan 2000 16:59
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