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authorMike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-12-13 20:16:49 +0000
committerMike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-12-13 20:16:49 +0000
commita37e294bfb52a06afd6eb6645870cf1c540b877e (patch)
tree36ba9d9b5ffc6d45680f435ed5a7932be0645989 /sbin/init/init.8
parent341511d89cf2709a82733b614acd805624150322 (diff)
o) start new sentence on a new line;
o) wrap long lines; o) fix bogus .Xr usage; o) we don't like blank lines; o) always close .Bl tags; o) OpenBSD -> .Ox; o) don't like .Pp before .Ss; millert@ ok;
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/init/init.8')
-rw-r--r--sbin/init/init.836
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/init/init.8 b/sbin/init/init.8
index a0dd333a96f..4de70749109 100644
--- a/sbin/init/init.8
+++ b/sbin/init/init.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: init.8,v 1.29 2001/04/05 18:54:03 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: init.8,v 1.30 2001/12/13 20:16:48 mpech Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: init.8,v 1.6 1995/03/18 14:56:31 cgd Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
@@ -116,14 +116,14 @@ processes for the terminal ports found in the file
reads this file, and executes the command found in the second field.
This command is usually
.Xr getty 8 ;
-.Xr getty
+.Em getty
opens and initializes the tty line
and
executes the
-.Xr login
+.Em login
program.
The
-.Xr login
+.Em login
program, when a valid user logs in,
executes a shell for that user.
When this shell dies, either because the user logged out
@@ -134,18 +134,18 @@ program wakes up, deletes the user
from the
.Xr utmp 5
file of current users and records the logout in the
-.Xr wtmp
+.Em wtmp
file.
The cycle is
then restarted by
.Nm
executing a new
-.Xr getty
+.Em getty
for the line.
.Pp
Line status (on, off, secure, getty, or window information)
may be changed in the
-.Xr ttys
+.Em ttys
file without a reboot by sending the signal
.Dv SIGHUP
to
@@ -155,21 +155,21 @@ with the command
On receipt of this signal,
.Nm
re-reads the
-.Xr ttys
+.Em ttys
file.
When a line is turned off in
-.Xr ttys ,
+.Em ttys ,
.Nm
will send a
.Dv SIGHUP
signal to the controlling process
for the session associated with the line.
For any lines that were previously turned off in the
-.Xr ttys
+.Em ttys
file and are now on,
.Nm
executes a new
-.Xr getty
+.Em getty
to enable a new login.
If the getty or window field for a line is changed,
the change takes effect at the end of the current
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ login session (e.g., the next time
.Nm
starts a process on the line).
If a line is commented out or deleted from
-.Xr ttys ,
+.Em ttys ,
.Nm
will not do anything at all to that line.
However, it will complain that the relationship between lines
in the
-.Xr ttys
+.Em ttys
file and records in the
-.Xr utmp
+.Em utmp
file is out of sync,
so this practice is not recommended.
.Pp
@@ -241,11 +241,13 @@ When starting the
.Xr rc 8
files, the login class
.Dq daemon
-is used. When starting a window system or
+is used.
+When starting a window system or
.Xr getty 8 ,
the login class
.Dq default
-is used. No resource changes are made when entering single user mode.
+is used.
+No resource changes are made when entering single user mode.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "getty repeating too quickly on port %s, sleeping"
@@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ a persistent device error condition.
system console device
.It Pa /dev/tty*
terminal ports found in
-.Xr ttys
+.Em ttys
.It Pa /var/run/utmp
record of users currently logged in
.It Pa /var/log/wtmp