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Init is the parent of all processes. Its primary role is to create processes from a script stored in the file /etc/inittab. This package also contains well known and used utilities like reboot, shutdown, killall, poweroff, tellinit, sulogin, wall, etc.

Author:
Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels __at__ cistron __dot__ nl> [contact developer]

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Tar/GZ:
ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/sysvinit/
Changelog:
ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/sysvinit/

Trove categories: [change]

[Environment]		Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Topic]		System

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	2.86	17-Oct-2005	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Comments

[»] Bug in main() of init.c?
by Jarkko Hakala - Mar 10th 2003 03:41:14

A colleague of mine found a place that looks like a bug:

isinit = (getpid() == 1);
for (f = 1; f < argc; f++) {
if (!strcmp(argv[f], "-i") || !strcmp(argv[f], "--init"))
isinit = 1;
break;
}

..So, this only accepts "-" or "--init" as first argument due "break;". Braces should be added.

Normal GNU/[place your favorite kernel here] -users using readily built distros will never need this to be fixed, nor.. well most likely.. anybody.

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