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9.8 KiB
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378 lines
9.8 KiB
Groff
.\" 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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.\" @(#)init.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd September 15, 2005
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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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.Nm
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.Oo
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.Cm 0 | 1 | 6 |
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.Cm c | q
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.Oc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility
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is the last stage of the boot process.
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It normally runs the automatic reboot sequence as described in
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.Xr rc 8 ,
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and if this succeeds, begins multi-user operation.
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If the reboot scripts fail,
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.Nm
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commences single-user operation by giving
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the super-user a shell on the console.
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The
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.Nm
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utility may be passed parameters
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from the boot program to
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prevent the system from going multi-user and to instead execute
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a single-user shell without starting the normal 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 multi-user by exiting the
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single-user shell (with ^D).
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This
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causes
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.Nm
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to run the
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.Pa /etc/rc
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start up command file in fastboot mode (skipping disk checks).
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.Pp
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If the
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.Em 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 super-user 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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.Em console
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is marked as
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.Dq secure .
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.Pp
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If the system security level (see
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.Xr security 7 )
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is initially nonzero, then
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.Nm
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leaves it unchanged.
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Otherwise,
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.Nm
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raises the level to 1 before going multi-user for the first time.
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Since the level cannot be reduced, it will be at least 1 for
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subsequent operation, even on return to single-user.
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If a level higher than 1 is desired while running multi-user,
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it can be set before going multi-user, e.g., by the startup script
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.Xr rc 8 ,
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using
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.Xr sysctl 8
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to set the
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.Va kern.securelevel
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variable to the required security level.
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.Pp
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If
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.Nm
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is run in a jail, the security level of the
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.Dq host system
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will not be affected.
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Part of the information set up in the kernel to support a jail
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is a per-jail security level.
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This allows running a higher security level inside of a jail
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than that of the host system.
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See
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.Xr jail 8
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for more information about jails.
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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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The
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.Nm
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utility reads this file and executes the command found in the second field,
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unless the first field refers to a device in
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.Pa /dev
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which is not configured.
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The first field is supplied as the final argument to the command.
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This command is usually
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.Xr getty 8 ;
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.Nm getty
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opens and initializes the tty line
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and
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executes the
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.Xr login 1
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program.
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The
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.Nm login
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program, when a valid user logs in,
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executes a shell for that user.
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When this shell
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dies, either because the user logged out
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or an abnormal termination occurred (a signal),
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the
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.Nm
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utility wakes up, deletes the user
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from the
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.Xr utmp 5
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file of current users and records the logout in the
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.Xr wtmp 5
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file.
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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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.Nm getty
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for the line.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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utility can also be used to keep arbitrary daemons running,
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automatically restarting them if they die.
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In this case, the first field in the
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.Xr ttys 5
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file must not reference the path to a configured device node
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and will be passed to the daemon
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as the final argument on its command line.
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This is similar to the facility offered in the
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.At V
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.Pa /etc/inittab .
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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 -HUP 1" .
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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 SIGHUP 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 the command specified in the second field.
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If the command 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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The
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.Nm
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utility 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 \-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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The
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.Nm
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utility will cease creating new processes
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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 \-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
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.Nm
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utility will terminate all possible processes (again, it will not wait
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for deadlocked processes) and reboot the machine if sent the interrupt
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.Pq Dv INT
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signal, i.e.\&
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.Dq Li "kill \-INT 1".
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This is useful for shutting the machine down cleanly from inside the kernel
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or from X when the machine appears to be hung.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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utility will do the same, except it will halt the machine if sent
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the user defined signal 1
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.Pq Dv USR1 ,
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or will halt and turn the power off (if hardware permits) if sent
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the user defined signal 2
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.Pq Dv USR2 .
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.Pp
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When shutting down the machine,
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.Nm
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will try to run the
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.Pa /etc/rc.shutdown
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script.
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This script can be used to cleanly terminate specific programs such
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as
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.Nm innd
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(the InterNetNews server).
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If this script does not terminate within 120 seconds,
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.Nm
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will terminate it.
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The timeout can be configured via the
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.Xr sysctl 8
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variable
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.Va kern.init_shutdown_timeout .
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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, 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 run as a user process as shown in the second synopsis line,
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.Nm
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will emulate
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.At V
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behavior, i.e., super-user can specify the desired
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.Em run-level
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on a command line, and
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.Nm
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will signal the original
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(PID 1)
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.Nm
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as follows:
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.Bl -column Run-level SIGTERM
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.It Sy "Run-level Signal Action
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.It Cm 0 Ta Dv SIGUSR2 Ta "Halt and turn the power off"
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.It Cm 1 Ta Dv SIGTERM Ta "Go to single-user mode"
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.It Cm 6 Ta Dv SIGINT Ta "Reboot the machine"
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.It Cm c Ta Dv SIGTSTP Ta "Block further logins"
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.It Cm q Ta Dv SIGHUP Ta Rescan the
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.Xr ttys 5
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file
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /etc/rc.shutdown -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
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record of current users on the system
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.It Pa /var/log/wtmp
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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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.It Pa /etc/rc.shutdown
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system shutdown 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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.Bf -emphasis
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Init will sleep for 30 seconds,
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then continue trying to start the process.
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.Ef
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.It "some processes would not die; ps axl advised."
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A process
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is hung and could not be killed when the system was shutting down.
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This condition is usually caused by a process
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that is stuck in a device driver because of
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a persistent device error condition.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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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 ttys 5 ,
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.Xr security 7 ,
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.Xr getty 8 ,
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.Xr halt 8 ,
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.Xr jail 8 ,
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.Xr rc 8 ,
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.Xr reboot 8 ,
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.Xr shutdown 8 ,
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.Xr sysctl 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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An
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.Nm
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utility appeared in
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.At v6 .
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.Sh CAVEATS
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Systems without
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.Xr sysctl 8
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behave as though they have security level \-1.
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.Pp
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Setting the security level above 1 too early in the boot sequence can
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prevent
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.Xr fsck 8
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from repairing inconsistent file systems.
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The
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preferred location to set the security level is at the end of
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.Pa /etc/rc
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after all multi-user startup actions are complete.
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