Reword sinit manpage - clarify confusion around utmp entries. - sinit - suckless init
HTML git clone git://git.suckless.org/sinit
DIR Log
DIR Files
DIR Refs
DIR README
DIR LICENSE
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DIR commit 542049d495c3b7605915bdd5151a3e0fcc5c7999
DIR parent f9f979a48e63429e104390c56a95815263b8f44a
HTML Author: sin <sin@2f30.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 18:02:52 +0100
Reword sinit manpage - clarify confusion around utmp entries.
Diffstat:
M sinit.8 | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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DIR diff --git 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)