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| author | sin <sin@2f30.org> | 2014-08-16 18:02:52 +0100 |
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| committer | sin <sin@2f30.org> | 2014-08-16 18:03:56 +0100 |
| commit | 542049d495c3b7605915bdd5151a3e0fcc5c7999 (patch) | |
| tree | bbbdad814d8305de9443c2e7fa7525a6d1240606 | |
| parent | f9f979a48e63429e104390c56a95815263b8f44a (diff) | |
Reword sinit manpage - clarify confusion around utmp entries.
| -rw-r--r-- | sinit.8 | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ executing `/bin/rc.shutdown reboot'. .IP CHLD Reap children. .SS General considerations -Calling the aforementioned scripts directly might or might not -work in your case. For example if any process in your session -has stale filesystem references then it is likely your init scripts -will fail to unmount the filesystem cleanly. It is recommended to -signal sinit via a wrapper script. +Running the rc.shutdown script directly is not recommended. If any +process in your session has stale filesystem references then it is +likely your init scripts will fail to unmount the filesystem cleanly. +It is recommended to signal sinit via a wrapper script. +Similarly, sinit does not clear utmp records. The version of getty(8) +in ubase clears the utmp entries on the specified tty before it +spawns the given program, usually login(1). .SH SEE ALSO killall5(8), getty(8) |