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78 lines
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README for the System V style init, version 2.89
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init, shutdown, halt, reboot, wall, last, mesg, runlevel,
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killall5, pidof, sulogin.
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All programs, files and scripts in this package are covered by
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the GNU General Public License version 2, and copyrighted by
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Miquel van Smoorenburg (1991-2004) and, Jesse Smith (2018).
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If you are not using Debian and the debianized package,
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you may have to install the new init by hand if Debian is
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using an init system other than SysV (eg systemd). You should
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be able to drop the binaries into a Slackware or Devuan system, I think.
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The SysV init software, core programs and manual pages can be
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installed by running the following two commands from the top-level
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source directory.
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make
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sudo make install
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If sudo is not installed, the "make install" command may be run as
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the root user.
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Other than the GNU make utility, SysV init has few dependencies.
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SysV can be built on virtually any Linux system featuring
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the GNU C library or musl libc. A C compiler, such as the GNU Compiler
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Collection (GCC) or Clang is also required.
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Here is a list of preferred directories to install the progs & manpages,
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this should be done for you automatically when you run "make install"
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as the root user, or via sudo, ie "sudo make install".
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wall.1, last.1, mesg.1 /usr/man/man1
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inittab.5, initscript.5 /usr/man/man5
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init.8, halt.8, reboot.8,
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shutdown.8, powerd.8,
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killall5.8, pidof.8,
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runlevel.8, sulogin.8 /usr/man/man8
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init /sbin/init
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inittab /etc/inittab
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initscript.sample /etc/initscript.sample
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telinit a link (with ln(1) ) to init, either
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in /bin or in /sbin.
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halt /sbin/halt
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reboot a link to /sbin/halt in the same directory
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killall5 /sbin/killall5
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pidof a link to /sbin/killall5 in the same directory.
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runlevel /sbin/runlevel
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shutdown /sbin/shutdown.
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wall /usr/bin/wall
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mesg /usr/bin/mesg
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last /usr/bin/last
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sulogin /sbin/sulogin
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bootlogd /sbin/bootlogd
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utmpdump don't install, it's just a debug thingy.
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If you already _have_ a "wall" in /bin (the SLS release had, for example)
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do _not_ install this version of wall. Chances are that the wall you are already
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using is linked to /bin/write. Either first _remove_ /bin/wall before
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installing the new one, or don't install the new one at all.
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You might want to create a file called "/etc/shutdown.allow". Read the
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manual page on shutdown to find out more about this.
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Running from a read-only file system (CDROM?):
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<<<<<<< HEAD
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* All communication to init goes through the FIFO /run/initctl.
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=======
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o All communication to init goes through the FIFO /run/initctl.
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>>>>>>> beta
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There should be no problem using a read-only root file system
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IF you use a Linux kernel > 1.3.66. Older kernels don't allow
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writing to a FIFO on a read-only file system.
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