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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-08-29 21:12:27 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-08-29 21:12:27 +0000 |
commit | db4ff0537a285137d22d610a8d229d30955181f3 (patch) | |
tree | a3aef28106e81149d2b46636acee273fb6dc7bf5 /sbin/init | |
parent | 79c215bbdf655d5e8b7291acc4eefac3ce2cb3b8 (diff) |
man page repairs; aaron@ug.cs.dal.ca
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/init')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/init/init.8 | 28 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/init/init.8 b/sbin/init/init.8 index 3e461885748..f0b75564e89 100644 --- a/sbin/init/init.8 +++ b/sbin/init/init.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: init.8,v 1.8 1998/07/17 22:29:42 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: init.8,v 1.9 1998/08/29 21:11:08 deraadt Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: init.8,v 1.6 1995/03/18 14:56:31 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 @@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ It normally runs the automatic reboot sequence as described in and if this succeeds, begins multi-user operation. If the reboot scripts fail, .Nm init -commences single user operation by giving +commences single-user operation by giving the super-user a shell on the console. The .Nm init program may be passed parameters from the boot program to prevent the system from going multi-user and to instead execute -a single user shell without starting the normal daemons. +a single-user shell without starting the normal daemons. The system is then quiescent for maintenance work and may later be made to go to multi-user by exiting the single-user shell (with ^D). @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ causes .Nm init to run the .Pa /etc/rc -start up command file in fastboot mode (skipping disk checks). +startup command file in fastboot mode (skipping disk checks). .Pp If the .Nm console @@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ entry in the file is marked ``insecure'', then .Nm init -will require that the superuser password be +will require that the super-user password be entered before the system will start a single-user shell. The password check is skipped if the .Nm console is marked as ``secure''. .Pp The kernel runs with four different levels of security. -Any superuser process can raise the security level, but only +Any super-user process can raise the security level, but only .Nm init can lower it. Security levels are defined as follows: @@ -115,17 +115,17 @@ but also inhibits running .Xr newfs 8 while the system is multi-user. Because the clock cannot be set back in time, malicious users who have gained root -priviledges are unable to change a file's ctime. +privileges are unable to change a file's ctime. .El .Pp -Normally, the system runs in level 0 mode while single user -and in level 1 mode while multiuser. -If the level 2 mode is desired while running multiuser, +Normally, the system runs in level 0 mode while single-user +and in level 1 mode while multi-user. +If the level 2 mode is desired while running multi-user, it can be set in the startup script .Pa /etc/rc using .Xr sysctl 8 . -If it is desired to run the system in level 0 mode while multiuser, +If it is desired to run the system in level 0 mode while multi-user, the administrator must build a kernel with ``option INSECURE'' in the config file. .Pp @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ and allow the system to slowly die away, if it is sent a terminal stop signal, i.e. .Dq Li "kill \-s TSTP 1" . A later hangup will resume full -multi-user operations, or a terminate will start a single user shell. +multi-user operations, or a terminate will start a single-user shell. This hook is used by .Xr reboot 8 and @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ System console device. Terminal ports found in .Xr ttys . .It Pa /var/run/utmp -Record of Current users on the system. +Record of current users on the system. .It Pa /var/log/wtmp Record of all logins and logouts. .It Pa /etc/ttys @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ System startup commands. .Xr shutdown 8 , .Xr fbtab 5 .Sh HISTORY -A +An .Nm command appeared in .At v6 . |