10.58.3. Contents of Sysvinit
Short Descriptions
Logs boot messages to a log file | |
Normally invokes shutdown with the
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The first process to be started when the kernel has initialized the hardware which takes over the boot process and starts all the proceses it is instructed to | |
Sends a signal to all processes, except the processes in its own session so it will not kill the shell running the script that called it | |
Shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back
through the | |
Shows the failed login attempts, as logged in
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Controls whether other users can send messages to the current user's terminal | |
Tells you whether or not a directory is a mount point. | |
Reports the PIDs of the given programs | |
Tells the kernel to halt the system and switch off the computer (see halt) | |
Tells the kernel to reboot the system (see halt) | |
Reports the previous and the current run-level, as noted in
the last run-level record in | |
Brings the system down in a secure way, signaling all processes and notifying all logged-in users | |
Allows root to log in; it is normally invoked by init when the system goes into single user mode | |
Tells init which run-level to change to | |
Displays the content of the given login file in a more user-friendly format | |
Writes a message to all logged-in users |