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358 lines
9.1 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: init.8,v 1.53 2008/10/21 02:33:53 lukem Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" Donn Seeley at Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\"
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.\" @(#)init.8 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/26/95
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.\"
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.Dd October 21, 2008
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.Dt INIT 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm init
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.Nd process control initialization
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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program is the last stage of the boot process (after the kernel loads
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and initializes all the devices).
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It normally begins multi-user operation.
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.Pp
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The following table describes the state machine used by
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.Nm :
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.Bl -enum
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.It
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Single user shell.
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.Nm
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may be passed
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.Fl s
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from the boot program to prevent the system from going multi-user and
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to instead execute a single user shell without starting the normal
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daemons.
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The system is then quiescent for maintenance work and may
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later be made to go to state 2 (multi-user) by exiting the single-user
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shell (with ^D).
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.It
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Multi-user boot (default operation).
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Executes
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.Pa /etc/rc
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(see
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.Xr rc 8 ) .
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If this was the first state entered (as opposed to entering here after
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state 1), then
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.Pa /etc/rc
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will be invoked with its first argument being
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.Sq autoboot .
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If
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.Pa /etc/rc
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exits with a non-zero (error) exit code, commence single user
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operation by giving the super-user a shell on the console by going
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to state 1 (single user).
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Otherwise, proceed to state 3.
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.Pp
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If value of the
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.Dq init.root
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sysctl node is not equal to
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.Pa /
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at this point, the
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.Pa /etc/rc
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process will be run inside a
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.Xr chroot 2
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indicated by sysctl with the same error handling as above.
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.It
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Set up ttys as specified in
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.Xr ttys 5 .
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See below for more information.
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On completion, continue to state 4.
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If we did chroot in state 2, each
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.Xr getty 8
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process will be run in the same
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.Xr chroot 2
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path as in 2 (that is, the value of
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.Dq init.root
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sysctl is not re-read).
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.It
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Multi-user operation.
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Depending upon the signal received, change state appropriately;
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on
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.Dv SIGTERM ,
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go to state 7;
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on
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.Dv SIGHUP ,
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go to state 5;
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on
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.Dv SIGTSTP ,
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go to state 6.
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.It
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Clean-up mode; re-read
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.Xr ttys 5 ,
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killing off the controlling processes on lines that are now
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.Sq off ,
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and starting processes that are newly
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.Sq on .
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On completion, go to state 4.
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.It
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.Sq Boring
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mode; no new sessions.
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Signals as per state 4.
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.It
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Shutdown mode.
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Send
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.Dv SIGHUP
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to all controlling processes, reap the processes for 30 seconds,
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and then go to state 1 (single user); warning if not all the processes died.
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.El
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.Pp
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If the
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.Sq console
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entry in the
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.Xr ttys 5
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file is marked
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.Dq insecure ,
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then
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.Nm
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will require that the superuser password be
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entered before the system will start a single-user shell.
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The password check is skipped if the
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.Sq console
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is marked as
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.Dq secure .
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.Pp
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It should be noted that while
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.Nm
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has the ability to start multi-user operation inside a
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.Xr chroot 2
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environment, the
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.Nm
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process itself will always run in the
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.Dq original root directory .
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This also implies that single-user mode is always started in the original
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root, giving the possibility to create multi-user sessions in different
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root directories over time.
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The
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.Dq init.root
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sysctl node is fabricated by
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.Nm
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at startup and re-created any time it's found to be missing.
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Type of the node is string capable of holding full pathname, and
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is only accessible by the superuser (unless explicitly destroyed
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and re-created with different specification).
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.Pp
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In multi-user operation,
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.Nm
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maintains
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processes for the terminal ports found in the file
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.Xr ttys 5 .
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.Nm
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reads this file, and executes the command found in the second field.
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This command is usually
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.Xr getty 8 ;
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it opens and initializes the tty line and executes the
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.Xr login 1
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program.
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The
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.Xr login 1
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program, when a valid user logs in, executes a shell for that user.
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When this shell dies, either because the user logged out or an
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abnormal termination occurred (a signal), the
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.Nm
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program wakes up, deletes the user from the
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.Xr utmp 5
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and
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.Xr utmpx 5
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files of current users and records the logout in the
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.Xr wtmp 5
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and
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.Xr wtmpx 5
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files.
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The cycle is
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then restarted by
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.Nm
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executing a new
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.Xr getty 8
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for the line.
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.pl +1
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.Pp
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Line status (on, off, secure, getty, or window information)
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may be changed in the
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.Xr ttys 5
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file without a reboot by sending the signal
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.Dv SIGHUP
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to
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.Nm
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with the command
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.Dq Li "kill \-s HUP 1" .
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This is referenced in the table above as state 5.
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On receipt of this signal,
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.Nm
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re-reads the
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.Xr ttys 5
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file.
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When a line is turned off in
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.Xr ttys 5 ,
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.Nm
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will send a
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.Dv SIGHUP
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signal to the controlling process
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for the session associated with the line.
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For any lines that were previously turned off in the
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.Xr ttys 5
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file and are now on,
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.Nm
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executes a new
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.Xr getty 8
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to enable a new login.
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If the getty or window field for a line is changed,
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the change takes effect at the end of the current
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login session (e.g., the next time
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.Nm
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starts a process on the line).
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If a line is commented out or deleted from
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.Xr ttys 5 ,
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.Nm
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will not do anything at all to that line.
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However, it will complain that the relationship between lines
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in the
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.Xr ttys 5
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file and records in the
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.Xr utmp 5
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file is out of sync,
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so this practice is not recommended.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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will terminate multi-user operations and resume single-user mode
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if sent a terminate
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.Pq Dv TERM
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signal, for example,
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.Dq Li "kill \-s TERM 1" .
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If there are processes outstanding that are deadlocked (because of
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hardware or software failure),
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.Nm
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will not wait for them all to die (which might take forever), but
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will time out after 30 seconds and print a warning message.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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will cease creating new
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.Xr getty 8 Ns 's
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and allow the system to slowly die away, if it is sent a terminal stop
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.Pq Dv TSTP
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signal, i.e.
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.Dq Li "kill \-s TSTP 1" .
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A later hangup will resume full
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multi-user operations, or a terminate will start a single user shell.
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This hook is used by
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.Xr reboot 8
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and
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.Xr halt 8 .
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.Pp
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The role of
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.Nm
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is so critical that if it dies, the system will reboot itself
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automatically.
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If, at bootstrap time, the
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.Nm
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process cannot be located, or exits during its initialisation,
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the system will panic with the message
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.Dq panic: init died (signal %d, exit %d) .
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.Pp
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If
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.Pa /dev/console
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does not exist,
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.Nm
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will cd to
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.Pa /dev
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and run
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.Dq Li "MAKEDEV -MM init" .
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.Xr MAKEDEV 8
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will use
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.Xr mount_tmpfs 8
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or
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.Xr mount_mfs 8
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to create a memory file system mounted over
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.Pa /dev
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that contains the standard devices considered necessary to boot the system.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /var/log/wtmp{,x} -compact
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.It Pa /dev/console
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System console device.
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.It Pa /dev/tty*
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Terminal ports found in
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.Xr ttys 5 .
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.It Pa /var/run/utmp{,x}
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Record of current users on the system.
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.It Pa /var/log/wtmp{,x}
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Record of all logins and logouts.
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.It Pa /etc/ttys
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The terminal initialization information file.
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.It Pa /etc/rc
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System startup commands.
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.El
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Bl -diag
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.It "getty repeating too quickly on port %s, sleeping"
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A process being started to service a line is exiting quickly
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each time it is started.
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This is often caused by a ringing or noisy terminal line.
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.Em "Init will sleep for 10 seconds" ,
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.Em "then continue trying to start the process" .
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.Pp
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.It "some processes would not die; ps axl advised."
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A process is hung and could not be killed when the system was
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shutting down.
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This condition is usually caused by a process that is stuck in a
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device driver because of a persistent device error condition.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr config 1 ,
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.Xr kill 1 ,
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.Xr login 1 ,
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.Xr sh 1 ,
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.Xr options 4 ,
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.Xr ttys 5 ,
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.Xr MAKEDEV 8 ,
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.Xr MAKEDEV.local 8 ,
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.Xr getty 8 ,
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.Xr halt 8 ,
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.Xr mount_mfs 8 ,
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.Xr mount_tmpfs 8 ,
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.Xr rc 8 ,
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.Xr reboot 8 ,
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.Xr rescue 8 ,
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.Xr shutdown 8 ,
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.Xr sysctl 8 ,
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.Xr secmodel_bsd44 9
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.At v6 .
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