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2 | README for the System V style init, version 2.86 | |
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4 | init, shutdown, halt, reboot, wall, last, mesg, runlevel, | |
5 | killall5, pidof, sulogin. | |
6 | ||
7 | All programs, files and scripts in this package are covered by | |
8 | the Gnu Public License, and copyrighted by me. | |
9 | ||
10 | If you are not using Debian and the debianized package, | |
11 | you will have to install the new init by hand. You should | |
12 | be able to drop the binaries into a Slackware or Redhat | |
13 | system, I think. | |
14 | ||
15 | Here is a list of preferred directories to install the progs & manpages: | |
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17 | wall.1, last.1, mesg.1 /usr/man/man1 | |
18 | inittab.5, initscript.5 /usr/man/man5 | |
19 | init.8, halt.8, reboot.8, | |
20 | shutdown.8, powerd.8, | |
21 | killall5.8, pidof.8, | |
22 | runlevel.8, sulogin.8 /usr/man/man8 | |
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24 | init /sbin/init | |
25 | inittab /etc/inittab | |
26 | initscript.sample /etc/initscript.sample | |
27 | telinit a link (with ln(1) ) to init, either | |
28 | in /bin or in /sbin. | |
29 | halt /sbin/halt | |
30 | reboot a link to /sbin/halt in the same directory | |
31 | killall5 /sbin/killall5 | |
32 | pidof a link to /sbin/killall5 in the same directory. | |
33 | runlevel /sbin/runlevel | |
34 | shutdown /sbin/shutdown. | |
35 | wall /usr/bin/wall | |
36 | mesg /usr/bin/mesg | |
37 | last /usr/bin/last | |
38 | sulogin /sbin/sulogin | |
39 | bootlogd /sbin/bootlogd | |
40 | utmpdump don't install, it's just a debug thingy. | |
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42 | If you already _have_ a "wall" in /bin (the SLS release had, for example) | |
43 | do _not_ install this wall. Chances are that the wall you are already | |
44 | using is linked to /bin/write. Either first _remove_ /bin/wall before | |
45 | installing the new one, or don't install the new one at all. | |
46 | ||
47 | You might want to create a file called "/etc/shutdown.allow". Read the | |
48 | manual page on shutdown to find out more about this. | |
49 | ||
50 | Running from a read-only file system (CDROM?): | |
51 | o All communication to init goes through the FIFO /dev/initctl. | |
52 | There should be no problem using a read-only root file system | |
53 | IF you use a Linux kernel > 1.3.66. Older kernels don't allow | |
54 | writing to a FIFO on a read-only file system. | |
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56 | Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl> |