From 542049d495c3b7605915bdd5151a3e0fcc5c7999 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sin Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 18:02:52 +0100 Subject: Reword sinit manpage - clarify confusion around utmp entries. --- sinit.8 | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/sinit.8 b/sinit.8 index aa94947..75600a3 100644 --- a/sinit.8 +++ b/sinit.8 @@ -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) -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2