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ldd.1, capget.2, clone.2, create_module.2, fallocate.2, futex.2, get_kernel_syms.2, get_thread_area.2, getcpu.2, getitimer.2, getpid.2, io_cancel.2, io_destroy.2, io_getevents.2, io_setup.2, io_submit.2, ioctl_list.2, mkdir.2, mknod.2, pciconfig_read.2, pivot_root.2, posix_fadvise.2, query_module.2, sendfile.2, set_thread_area.2, setns.2, unshare.2, __setfpucw.3, a64l.3, addseverity.3, argz_add.3, bindresvport.3, cabs.3, cacos.3, cacosh.3, canonicalize_file_name.3, carg.3, casin.3, casinh.3, catan.3, catanh.3, ccos.3, ccosh.3, cerf.3, cexp.3, cexp2.3, cimag.3, clog.3, clog10.3, clog2.3, cmsg.3, conj.3, cpow.3, cproj.3, creal.3, csin.3, csinh.3, csqrt.3, ctan.3, ctanh.3, des_crypt.3, envz_add.3, fdim.3, fma.3, fmax.3, fmemopen.3, fmin.3, fmtmsg.3, fpclassify.3, gamma.3, getpt.3, getrpcent.3, getrpcport.3, getttyent.3, isgreater.3, key_setsecret.3, lgamma.3, malloc_hook.3, mempcpy.3, nan.3, netlink.3, nextafter.3, putgrent.3, remove.3, remquo.3, rpc.3, rtime.3, rtnetlink.3, setaliasent.3, setnetgrent.3, signbit.3, significand.3, sincos.3, stdin.3, tgamma.3, xcrypt.3, xdr.3, cciss.4, hpsa.4, mouse.4, pts.4, sk98lin.4, tty_ioctl.4, wavelan.4, hosts.equiv.5, rpc.5, tzfile.5, boot.7, complex.7, ddp.7, fifo.7, futex.7, icmp.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, netdevice.7, netlink.7, packet.7, raw.7, rtnetlink.7, socket.7, tcp.7, udp.7, unix.7, x25.7, sync.8: Global fix: Put copyright info at top of page, followed by blank line and LICENSE
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.\" May be distributed subject to the GPL.
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intro.1, time.1, accept.2, bind.2, connect.2, execve.2, flock.2, getdents.2, getpriority.2, getuid.2, intro.2, ioctl.2, mincore.2, mknod.2, personality.2, ptrace.2, read.2, recv.2, select_tut.2, send.2, sendfile.2, shmctl.2, sigaction.2, signal.2, stat.2, times.2, truncate.2, umask.2, wait.2, MB_CUR_MAX.3, MB_LEN_MAX.3, argz_add.3, btowc.3, clearenv.3, clock.3, cmsg.3, end.3, endian.3, errno.3, exit.3, fgetwc.3, fgetws.3, fopen.3, fputwc.3, fputws.3, fseek.3, fwide.3, getfsent.3, getgrnam.3, gethostid.3, getipnodebyname.3, getmntent.3, getpwnam.3, getwchar.3, grantpt.3, iconv.3, iconv_close.3, iconv_open.3, insque.3, intro.3, iswalnum.3, iswalpha.3, iswblank.3, iswcntrl.3, iswctype.3, iswdigit.3, iswgraph.3, iswlower.3, iswprint.3, iswpunct.3, iswspace.3, iswupper.3, iswxdigit.3, malloc.3, mblen.3, mbrlen.3, mbrtowc.3, mbsinit.3, mbsnrtowcs.3, mbsrtowcs.3, mbstowcs.3, mbtowc.3, mkstemp.3, mktemp.3, nl_langinfo.3, openpty.3, posix_openpt.3, printf.3, ptsname.3, putwchar.3, qecvt.3, rcmd.3, readdir.3, rexec.3, rpc.3, setnetgrent.3, shm_open.3, sigpause.3, stdin.3, stpcpy.3, strftime.3, strptime.3, syslog.3, towctrans.3, towlower.3, towupper.3, ttyslot.3, ungetwc.3, unlocked_stdio.3, wcpcpy.3, wcpncpy.3, wcrtomb.3, wcscasecmp.3, wcscat.3, wcschr.3, wcscmp.3, wcscpy.3, wcscspn.3, wcsdup.3, wcslen.3, wcsncasecmp.3, wcsncat.3, wcsncmp.3, wcsncpy.3, wcsnlen.3, wcsnrtombs.3, wcspbrk.3, wcsrchr.3, wcsrtombs.3, wcsspn.3, wcsstr.3, wcstok.3, wcstombs.3, wcswidth.3, wctob.3, wctomb.3, wctrans.3, wctype.3, wcwidth.3, wmemchr.3, wmemcmp.3, wmemcpy.3, wmemmove.3, wmemset.3, wprintf.3, console_ioctl.4, pts.4, elf.5, filesystems.5, hosts.5, proc.5, ttytype.5, boot.7, capabilities.7, credentials.7, epoll.7, glob.7, koi8-r.7, path_resolution.7, pty.7, signal.7, suffixes.7, time.7, unicode.7, unix.7, uri.7, utf-8.7: global fix: s/Unix/UNIX/
The man pages were rather inconsistent in the use of "Unix"
versus "UNIX". Let's go with the trademark usage.
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.TH BOOT 7 2010-09-19 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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intro.1, add_key.2, get_mempolicy.2, get_thread_area.2, intro.2, keyctl.2, mbind.2, request_key.2, set_thread_area.2, clock.3, cmsg.3, getcwd.3, getpw.3, intro.3, malloc.3, posix_memalign.3, shm_open.3, sleep.3, sysconf.3, intro.4, sd.4, intro.5, locale.5, slabinfo.5, intro.6, boot.7, bootparam.7, futex.7, glob.7, hier.7, intro.7, libc.7, locale.7, mq_overview.7, netlink.7, sem_overview.7, shm_overview.7, unix.7, intro.8: Global fix: Use consistent capitalization in NAME section
The line(s) in the NAME section should only use capitals
where English usage dictates that. Otherwise, use
lowercase throughout.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-10-21 06:29:13 +00:00
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boot-scripts \- general description of boot sequence
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, capget.2, clone.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, intro.2, ioctl_list.2, ioprio_set.2, kill.2, mlock.2, nanosleep.2, perf_event_open.2, select.2, stat.2, times.2, ustat.2, vfork.2, wait.2, cfree.3, dbopen.3, dlopen.3, fenv.3, fmtmsg.3, gamma.3, getaddrinfo.3, gethostbyname.3, getnameinfo.3, getspnam.3, login.3, printf.3, regex.3, stdio.3, sysconf.3, termios.3, ttyslot.3, undocumented.3, wordexp.3, console_codes.4, initrd.4, mouse.4, random.4, st.4, tty_ioctl.4, wavelan.4, charmap.5, dir_colors.5, hosts.5, termcap.5, armscii-8.7, boot.7, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, charsets.7, ddp.7, futex.7, glob.7, ipv6.7, iso_8859-1.7, iso_8859-10.7, iso_8859-11.7, iso_8859-13.7, iso_8859-14.7, iso_8859-15.7, iso_8859-16.7, iso_8859-2.7, iso_8859-3.7, iso_8859-4.7, iso_8859-5.7, iso_8859-6.7, iso_8859-7.7, iso_8859-8.7, iso_8859-9.7, koi8-r.7, koi8-u.7, man.7, numa.7, path_resolution.7, pipe.7, posixoptions.7, pthreads.7, pty.7, rtnetlink.7, signal.7, time.7, udp.7, udplite.7, unicode.7, uri.7, utf-8.7: G;lobal fix: remove unneeded double quotes in .SS headings
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2013-02-24 18:02:18 +00:00
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After power-on or hard reset, control is given
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The tendency in English, as prescribed in style guides like
Chicago MoS, is towards removing hyphens after prefixes
like "non-" etc.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-01-16 17:20:12 +00:00
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machine and accesses nonvolatile memory to read
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further parameters.
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battery-backed CMOS memory, so most people
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The tendency in English, as prescribed in style guides like
Chicago MoS, is towards removing hyphens after prefixes
like "non-" etc.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-01-16 17:20:12 +00:00
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Capitalization in .SS sections across pages (and sometimes even
within a single page) is wildly inconsistent. Make it consistent.
Capitalize first word in heading, but otherwise use lower case,
except where English usage (e.g., proper nouns) or programming
language requirements (e.g., identifier names) dictate otherwise.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-02-24 14:08:38 +00:00
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loads the OS loader, which is located on a fixed position
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on the boot device, and transfers control to it.
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intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, capget.2, clone.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, intro.2, ioctl_list.2, ioprio_set.2, kill.2, mlock.2, nanosleep.2, perf_event_open.2, select.2, stat.2, times.2, ustat.2, vfork.2, wait.2, cfree.3, dbopen.3, dlopen.3, fenv.3, fmtmsg.3, gamma.3, getaddrinfo.3, gethostbyname.3, getnameinfo.3, getspnam.3, login.3, printf.3, regex.3, stdio.3, sysconf.3, termios.3, ttyslot.3, undocumented.3, wordexp.3, console_codes.4, initrd.4, mouse.4, random.4, st.4, tty_ioctl.4, wavelan.4, charmap.5, dir_colors.5, hosts.5, termcap.5, armscii-8.7, boot.7, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, charsets.7, ddp.7, futex.7, glob.7, ipv6.7, iso_8859-1.7, iso_8859-10.7, iso_8859-11.7, iso_8859-13.7, iso_8859-14.7, iso_8859-15.7, iso_8859-16.7, iso_8859-2.7, iso_8859-3.7, iso_8859-4.7, iso_8859-5.7, iso_8859-6.7, iso_8859-7.7, iso_8859-8.7, iso_8859-9.7, koi8-r.7, koi8-u.7, man.7, numa.7, path_resolution.7, pipe.7, posixoptions.7, pthreads.7, pty.7, rtnetlink.7, signal.7, time.7, udp.7, udplite.7, unicode.7, uri.7, utf-8.7: G;lobal fix: remove unneeded double quotes in .SS headings
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2013-02-24 18:02:18 +00:00
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.SS OS loader
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intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, brk.2, capget.2, faccessat.2, futimesat.2, gethostname.2, intro.2, ioprio_set.2, kill.2, madvise.2, mlock.2, mount.2, msgget.2, perf_event_open.2, poll.2, readv.2, sched_rr_get_interval.2, sched_setscheduler.2, select.2, select_tut.2, shmget.2, stat.2, timer_create.2, ustat.2, vfork.2, wait.2, alloca.3, atexit.3, catopen.3, crypt.3, dbopen.3, fenv.3, fopen.3, getaddrinfo_a.3, gethostbyname.3, getutent.3, intro.3, login.3, mallopt.3, queue.3, regex.3, sigpause.3, sigsetops.3, stdio.3, strftime.3, strptime.3, sysconf.3, ttyslot.3, undocumented.3, cciss.4, console_codes.4, hpsa.4, initrd.4, intro.4, rtc.4, st.4, tty_ioctl.4, wavelan.4, acct.5, charmap.5, dir_colors.5, hosts.5, intro.5, termcap.5, utmp.5, intro.6, armscii-8.7, boot.7, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, cpuset.7, credentials.7, ddp.7, epoll.7, glob.7, intro.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, iso_8859-1.7, iso_8859-10.7, iso_8859-11.7, iso_8859-13.7, iso_8859-14.7, iso_8859-15.7, iso_8859-16.7, iso_8859-2.7, iso_8859-3.7, iso_8859-4.7, iso_8859-5.7, iso_8859-6.7, iso_8859-7.7, iso_8859-8.7, iso_8859-9.7, koi8-r.7, koi8-u.7, man-pages.7, man.7, math_error.7, netlink.7, numa.7, packet.7, path_resolution.7, pipe.7, pthreads.7, raw.7, rtnetlink.7, signal.7, socket.7, spufs.7, svipc.7, tcp.7, time.7, udp.7, udplite.7, unicode.7, unix.7, uri.7, utf-8.7, x25.7, intro.8: Global fix: use consistent capitalization in .SS headings
Capitalization in .SS sections across pages (and sometimes even
within a single page) is wildly inconsistent. Make it consistent.
Capitalize first word in heading, but otherwise use lower case,
except where English usage (e.g., proper nouns) or programming
language requirements (e.g., identifier names) dictate otherwise.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-02-24 14:08:38 +00:00
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(Master Boot Record).
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limited due to various constraints.
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there are some limitations to the size and complexity
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of this loader, but the size limitation of the PC MBR
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(512 bytes including the partition table) makes it
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intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, brk.2, capget.2, faccessat.2, futimesat.2, gethostname.2, intro.2, ioprio_set.2, kill.2, madvise.2, mlock.2, mount.2, msgget.2, perf_event_open.2, poll.2, readv.2, sched_rr_get_interval.2, sched_setscheduler.2, select.2, select_tut.2, shmget.2, stat.2, timer_create.2, ustat.2, vfork.2, wait.2, alloca.3, atexit.3, catopen.3, crypt.3, dbopen.3, fenv.3, fopen.3, getaddrinfo_a.3, gethostbyname.3, getutent.3, intro.3, login.3, mallopt.3, queue.3, regex.3, sigpause.3, sigsetops.3, stdio.3, strftime.3, strptime.3, sysconf.3, ttyslot.3, undocumented.3, cciss.4, console_codes.4, hpsa.4, initrd.4, intro.4, rtc.4, st.4, tty_ioctl.4, wavelan.4, acct.5, charmap.5, dir_colors.5, hosts.5, intro.5, termcap.5, utmp.5, intro.6, armscii-8.7, boot.7, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, cpuset.7, credentials.7, ddp.7, epoll.7, glob.7, intro.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, iso_8859-1.7, iso_8859-10.7, iso_8859-11.7, iso_8859-13.7, iso_8859-14.7, iso_8859-15.7, iso_8859-16.7, iso_8859-2.7, iso_8859-3.7, iso_8859-4.7, iso_8859-5.7, iso_8859-6.7, iso_8859-7.7, iso_8859-8.7, iso_8859-9.7, koi8-r.7, koi8-u.7, man-pages.7, man.7, math_error.7, netlink.7, numa.7, packet.7, path_resolution.7, pipe.7, pthreads.7, raw.7, rtnetlink.7, signal.7, socket.7, spufs.7, svipc.7, tcp.7, time.7, udp.7, udplite.7, unicode.7, unix.7, uri.7, utf-8.7, x25.7, intro.8: Global fix: use consistent capitalization in .SS headings
Capitalization in .SS sections across pages (and sometimes even
within a single page) is wildly inconsistent. Make it consistent.
Capitalize first word in heading, but otherwise use lower case,
except where English usage (e.g., proper nouns) or programming
language requirements (e.g., identifier names) dictate otherwise.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-02-24 14:08:38 +00:00
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almost impossible to squeeze a full OS loader into it.
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Therefore, most operating systems make the primary loader
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call a secondary OS loader which may be located on
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a specified disk partition.
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In Linux the OS loader is normally
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.BR lilo (8)
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or
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.BR grub (8).
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Both of them may install either as secondary loaders
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(where the DOS installed MBR points to them), or
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as a two part loader where they provide special MBR
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containing the bootstrap code to load the second part
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of the loader from the root partition.
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intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, brk.2, capget.2, faccessat.2, futimesat.2, gethostname.2, intro.2, ioprio_set.2, kill.2, madvise.2, mlock.2, mount.2, msgget.2, perf_event_open.2, poll.2, readv.2, sched_rr_get_interval.2, sched_setscheduler.2, select.2, select_tut.2, shmget.2, stat.2, timer_create.2, ustat.2, vfork.2, wait.2, alloca.3, atexit.3, catopen.3, crypt.3, dbopen.3, fenv.3, fopen.3, getaddrinfo_a.3, gethostbyname.3, getutent.3, intro.3, login.3, mallopt.3, queue.3, regex.3, sigpause.3, sigsetops.3, stdio.3, strftime.3, strptime.3, sysconf.3, ttyslot.3, undocumented.3, cciss.4, console_codes.4, hpsa.4, initrd.4, intro.4, rtc.4, st.4, tty_ioctl.4, wavelan.4, acct.5, charmap.5, dir_colors.5, hosts.5, intro.5, termcap.5, utmp.5, intro.6, armscii-8.7, boot.7, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, cpuset.7, credentials.7, ddp.7, epoll.7, glob.7, intro.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, iso_8859-1.7, iso_8859-10.7, iso_8859-11.7, iso_8859-13.7, iso_8859-14.7, iso_8859-15.7, iso_8859-16.7, iso_8859-2.7, iso_8859-3.7, iso_8859-4.7, iso_8859-5.7, iso_8859-6.7, iso_8859-7.7, iso_8859-8.7, iso_8859-9.7, koi8-r.7, koi8-u.7, man-pages.7, man.7, math_error.7, netlink.7, numa.7, packet.7, path_resolution.7, pipe.7, pthreads.7, raw.7, rtnetlink.7, signal.7, socket.7, spufs.7, svipc.7, tcp.7, time.7, udp.7, udplite.7, unicode.7, unix.7, uri.7, utf-8.7, x25.7, intro.8: Global fix: use consistent capitalization in .SS headings
Capitalization in .SS sections across pages (and sometimes even
within a single page) is wildly inconsistent. Make it consistent.
Capitalize first word in heading, but otherwise use lower case,
except where English usage (e.g., proper nouns) or programming
language requirements (e.g., identifier names) dictate otherwise.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-02-24 14:08:38 +00:00
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The main job of the OS loader is to locate the kernel
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on the disk, load it and run it.
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Most OS loaders allow
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interactive use, to enable specification of alternative
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kernel (maybe a backup in case the last compiled one
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isn't functioning) and to pass optional parameters
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to the kernel.
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intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, capget.2, clone.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, intro.2, ioctl_list.2, ioprio_set.2, kill.2, mlock.2, nanosleep.2, perf_event_open.2, select.2, stat.2, times.2, ustat.2, vfork.2, wait.2, cfree.3, dbopen.3, dlopen.3, fenv.3, fmtmsg.3, gamma.3, getaddrinfo.3, gethostbyname.3, getnameinfo.3, getspnam.3, login.3, printf.3, regex.3, stdio.3, sysconf.3, termios.3, ttyslot.3, undocumented.3, wordexp.3, console_codes.4, initrd.4, mouse.4, random.4, st.4, tty_ioctl.4, wavelan.4, charmap.5, dir_colors.5, hosts.5, termcap.5, armscii-8.7, boot.7, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, charsets.7, ddp.7, futex.7, glob.7, ipv6.7, iso_8859-1.7, iso_8859-10.7, iso_8859-11.7, iso_8859-13.7, iso_8859-14.7, iso_8859-15.7, iso_8859-16.7, iso_8859-2.7, iso_8859-3.7, iso_8859-4.7, iso_8859-5.7, iso_8859-6.7, iso_8859-7.7, iso_8859-8.7, iso_8859-9.7, koi8-r.7, koi8-u.7, man.7, numa.7, path_resolution.7, pipe.7, posixoptions.7, pthreads.7, pty.7, rtnetlink.7, signal.7, time.7, udp.7, udplite.7, unicode.7, uri.7, utf-8.7: G;lobal fix: remove unneeded double quotes in .SS headings
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-02-24 18:02:18 +00:00
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.SS Kernel startup
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When the kernel is loaded, it initializes the devices (via
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their drivers), starts the swapper (it is a "kernel process",
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called kswapd in modern Linux kernels), and mounts the root
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intro.1, time.1, access.2, acct.2, alloc_hugepages.2, bind.2, chdir.2, chmod.2, chown.2, chroot.2, clone.2, close.2, execve.2, fallocate.2, fcntl.2, getdents.2, getrusage.2, getxattr.2, init_module.2, inotify_add_watch.2, ioprio_set.2, kcmp.2, link.2, listxattr.2, lseek.2, madvise.2, mkdir.2, mknod.2, mmap.2, mount.2, move_pages.2, msgctl.2, nfsservctl.2, open.2, pivot_root.2, quotactl.2, read.2, readlink.2, removexattr.2, rename.2, rmdir.2, semctl.2, setfsgid.2, setfsuid.2, setresuid.2, setuid.2, setup.2, setxattr.2, shmctl.2, splice.2, spu_create.2, stat.2, statfs.2, swapon.2, symlink.2, sync.2, sync_file_range.2, sysfs.2, truncate.2, umount.2, unlink.2, unshare.2, ustat.2, utime.2, utimensat.2, write.2, btree.3, errno.3, fexecve.3, ftw.3, futimes.3, get_nprocs_conf.3, getcwd.3, getdirentries.3, getmntent.3, glob.3, mkfifo.3, mq_open.3, readdir.3, realpath.3, recno.3, remove.3, sem_open.3, shm_open.3, statvfs.3, sysconf.3, telldir.3, tmpfile.3, cciss.4, initrd.4, pts.4, sk98lin.4, vcs.4, core.5, filesystems.5, proc.5, boot.7, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, cpuset.7, credentials.7, feature_test_macros.7, fifo.7, hier.7, inotify.7, intro.7, mq_overview.7, path_resolution.7, pipe.7, sem_overview.7, shm_overview.7, spufs.7, symlink.7, unix.7, uri.7, sync.8: Global fix: s/file system/filesystem/
Notwithstanding 24d01c530c5a3f75217543d02bf6712395e5f90c,
"filesystem" is the form used by the great majority of man pages
outside the man-pages project and in a number of other sources,
so let's go with that.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-08-08 08:07:57 +00:00
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filesystem (/).
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Some of the parameters that may be passed to the kernel
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relate to these activities (e.g: You can override the
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intro.1, time.1, access.2, acct.2, alloc_hugepages.2, bind.2, chdir.2, chmod.2, chown.2, chroot.2, clone.2, close.2, execve.2, fallocate.2, fcntl.2, getdents.2, getrusage.2, getxattr.2, init_module.2, inotify_add_watch.2, ioprio_set.2, kcmp.2, link.2, listxattr.2, lseek.2, madvise.2, mkdir.2, mknod.2, mmap.2, mount.2, move_pages.2, msgctl.2, nfsservctl.2, open.2, pivot_root.2, quotactl.2, read.2, readlink.2, removexattr.2, rename.2, rmdir.2, semctl.2, setfsgid.2, setfsuid.2, setresuid.2, setuid.2, setup.2, setxattr.2, shmctl.2, splice.2, spu_create.2, stat.2, statfs.2, swapon.2, symlink.2, sync.2, sync_file_range.2, sysfs.2, truncate.2, umount.2, unlink.2, unshare.2, ustat.2, utime.2, utimensat.2, write.2, btree.3, errno.3, fexecve.3, ftw.3, futimes.3, get_nprocs_conf.3, getcwd.3, getdirentries.3, getmntent.3, glob.3, mkfifo.3, mq_open.3, readdir.3, realpath.3, recno.3, remove.3, sem_open.3, shm_open.3, statvfs.3, sysconf.3, telldir.3, tmpfile.3, cciss.4, initrd.4, pts.4, sk98lin.4, vcs.4, core.5, filesystems.5, proc.5, boot.7, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, cpuset.7, credentials.7, feature_test_macros.7, fifo.7, hier.7, inotify.7, intro.7, mq_overview.7, path_resolution.7, pipe.7, sem_overview.7, shm_overview.7, spufs.7, symlink.7, unix.7, uri.7, sync.8: Global fix: s/file system/filesystem/
Notwithstanding 24d01c530c5a3f75217543d02bf6712395e5f90c,
"filesystem" is the form used by the great majority of man pages
outside the man-pages project and in a number of other sources,
so let's go with that.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-08-08 08:07:57 +00:00
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default root filesystem).
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2007-04-12 22:42:49 +00:00
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For further information
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on Linux kernel parameters read
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.BR bootparam (7).
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Only then the kernel creates the first (user land)
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2007-04-12 22:42:49 +00:00
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process which is numbered 1.
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This process executes the
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2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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program
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.IR /sbin/init ,
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passing any parameters that weren't handled by the kernel already.
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intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, capget.2, clone.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, intro.2, ioctl_list.2, ioprio_set.2, kill.2, mlock.2, nanosleep.2, perf_event_open.2, select.2, stat.2, times.2, ustat.2, vfork.2, wait.2, cfree.3, dbopen.3, dlopen.3, fenv.3, fmtmsg.3, gamma.3, getaddrinfo.3, gethostbyname.3, getnameinfo.3, getspnam.3, login.3, printf.3, regex.3, stdio.3, sysconf.3, termios.3, ttyslot.3, undocumented.3, wordexp.3, console_codes.4, initrd.4, mouse.4, random.4, st.4, tty_ioctl.4, wavelan.4, charmap.5, dir_colors.5, hosts.5, termcap.5, armscii-8.7, boot.7, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, charsets.7, ddp.7, futex.7, glob.7, ipv6.7, iso_8859-1.7, iso_8859-10.7, iso_8859-11.7, iso_8859-13.7, iso_8859-14.7, iso_8859-15.7, iso_8859-16.7, iso_8859-2.7, iso_8859-3.7, iso_8859-4.7, iso_8859-5.7, iso_8859-6.7, iso_8859-7.7, iso_8859-8.7, iso_8859-9.7, koi8-r.7, koi8-u.7, man.7, numa.7, path_resolution.7, pipe.7, posixoptions.7, pthreads.7, pty.7, rtnetlink.7, signal.7, time.7, udp.7, udplite.7, unicode.7, uri.7, utf-8.7: G;lobal fix: remove unneeded double quotes in .SS headings
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-02-24 18:02:18 +00:00
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.SS init and inittab
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2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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When init starts it reads
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.I /etc/inittab
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for further instructions.
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This file defines what should be run in different \fIrun-levels\fR.
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This gives the system administrator an easy management scheme, where
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2012-05-06 20:11:42 +00:00
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each run-level is associated with a set of services (e.g,
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2007-12-25 22:02:19 +00:00
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\fBS\fR is \fIsingle-user\fR, on \fB2\fR most network
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2012-05-06 20:11:42 +00:00
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services start).
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2007-04-12 22:42:49 +00:00
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The administrator may change the current
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run-level via
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2014-10-03 06:47:03 +00:00
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.BR init (1)
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2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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and query the current run-level via
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.BR runlevel (8).
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However, since it is not convenient to manage individual services
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by editing this file, inittab only bootstraps a set of scripts
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that actually start/stop the individual services.
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intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, capget.2, clone.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, intro.2, ioctl_list.2, ioprio_set.2, kill.2, mlock.2, nanosleep.2, perf_event_open.2, select.2, stat.2, times.2, ustat.2, vfork.2, wait.2, cfree.3, dbopen.3, dlopen.3, fenv.3, fmtmsg.3, gamma.3, getaddrinfo.3, gethostbyname.3, getnameinfo.3, getspnam.3, login.3, printf.3, regex.3, stdio.3, sysconf.3, termios.3, ttyslot.3, undocumented.3, wordexp.3, console_codes.4, initrd.4, mouse.4, random.4, st.4, tty_ioctl.4, wavelan.4, charmap.5, dir_colors.5, hosts.5, termcap.5, armscii-8.7, boot.7, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, charsets.7, ddp.7, futex.7, glob.7, ipv6.7, iso_8859-1.7, iso_8859-10.7, iso_8859-11.7, iso_8859-13.7, iso_8859-14.7, iso_8859-15.7, iso_8859-16.7, iso_8859-2.7, iso_8859-3.7, iso_8859-4.7, iso_8859-5.7, iso_8859-6.7, iso_8859-7.7, iso_8859-8.7, iso_8859-9.7, koi8-r.7, koi8-u.7, man.7, numa.7, path_resolution.7, pipe.7, posixoptions.7, pthreads.7, pty.7, rtnetlink.7, signal.7, time.7, udp.7, udplite.7, unicode.7, uri.7, utf-8.7: G;lobal fix: remove unneeded double quotes in .SS headings
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-02-24 18:02:18 +00:00
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.SS Boot scripts
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.TP
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Note:
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2010-10-15 05:48:02 +00:00
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The following description applies to System V release 4-based systems, which
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intro.1, time.1, accept.2, bind.2, connect.2, execve.2, flock.2, getdents.2, getpriority.2, getuid.2, intro.2, ioctl.2, mincore.2, mknod.2, personality.2, ptrace.2, read.2, recv.2, select_tut.2, send.2, sendfile.2, shmctl.2, sigaction.2, signal.2, stat.2, times.2, truncate.2, umask.2, wait.2, MB_CUR_MAX.3, MB_LEN_MAX.3, argz_add.3, btowc.3, clearenv.3, clock.3, cmsg.3, end.3, endian.3, errno.3, exit.3, fgetwc.3, fgetws.3, fopen.3, fputwc.3, fputws.3, fseek.3, fwide.3, getfsent.3, getgrnam.3, gethostid.3, getipnodebyname.3, getmntent.3, getpwnam.3, getwchar.3, grantpt.3, iconv.3, iconv_close.3, iconv_open.3, insque.3, intro.3, iswalnum.3, iswalpha.3, iswblank.3, iswcntrl.3, iswctype.3, iswdigit.3, iswgraph.3, iswlower.3, iswprint.3, iswpunct.3, iswspace.3, iswupper.3, iswxdigit.3, malloc.3, mblen.3, mbrlen.3, mbrtowc.3, mbsinit.3, mbsnrtowcs.3, mbsrtowcs.3, mbstowcs.3, mbtowc.3, mkstemp.3, mktemp.3, nl_langinfo.3, openpty.3, posix_openpt.3, printf.3, ptsname.3, putwchar.3, qecvt.3, rcmd.3, readdir.3, rexec.3, rpc.3, setnetgrent.3, shm_open.3, sigpause.3, stdin.3, stpcpy.3, strftime.3, strptime.3, syslog.3, towctrans.3, towlower.3, towupper.3, ttyslot.3, ungetwc.3, unlocked_stdio.3, wcpcpy.3, wcpncpy.3, wcrtomb.3, wcscasecmp.3, wcscat.3, wcschr.3, wcscmp.3, wcscpy.3, wcscspn.3, wcsdup.3, wcslen.3, wcsncasecmp.3, wcsncat.3, wcsncmp.3, wcsncpy.3, wcsnlen.3, wcsnrtombs.3, wcspbrk.3, wcsrchr.3, wcsrtombs.3, wcsspn.3, wcsstr.3, wcstok.3, wcstombs.3, wcswidth.3, wctob.3, wctomb.3, wctrans.3, wctype.3, wcwidth.3, wmemchr.3, wmemcmp.3, wmemcpy.3, wmemmove.3, wmemset.3, wprintf.3, console_ioctl.4, pts.4, elf.5, filesystems.5, hosts.5, proc.5, ttytype.5, boot.7, capabilities.7, credentials.7, epoll.7, glob.7, koi8-r.7, path_resolution.7, pty.7, signal.7, suffixes.7, time.7, unicode.7, unix.7, uri.7, utf-8.7: global fix: s/Unix/UNIX/
The man pages were rather inconsistent in the use of "Unix"
versus "UNIX". Let's go with the trademark usage.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-10-12 04:45:38 +00:00
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currently covers most commercial UNIX systems (Solaris, HP-UX, Irix, Tru64)
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2010-11-04 06:25:37 +00:00
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as well as the major Linux distributions (Red Hat, Debian, Mandriva,
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2010-09-19 17:53:40 +00:00
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SUSE, Ubuntu).
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Some systems (Slackware Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD)
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have a somewhat different scheme of boot scripts.
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.LP
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For each managed service (mail, nfs server, cron, etc.) there is
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a single startup script located in a specific directory
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.RI ( /etc/init.d
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in most versions of Linux).
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Each of these scripts accepts as a single argument
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the word "start" \-\- causing it to start the service, or the word
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\&"stop" \-\- causing it to stop the service.
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The script may optionally
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accept other "convenience" parameters (e.g: "restart", to stop and then
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2013-12-26 18:40:19 +00:00
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start, "status" to display the service status).
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Running the script
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without parameters displays the possible arguments.
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intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, capget.2, clone.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, intro.2, ioctl_list.2, ioprio_set.2, kill.2, mlock.2, nanosleep.2, perf_event_open.2, select.2, stat.2, times.2, ustat.2, vfork.2, wait.2, cfree.3, dbopen.3, dlopen.3, fenv.3, fmtmsg.3, gamma.3, getaddrinfo.3, gethostbyname.3, getnameinfo.3, getspnam.3, login.3, printf.3, regex.3, stdio.3, sysconf.3, termios.3, ttyslot.3, undocumented.3, wordexp.3, console_codes.4, initrd.4, mouse.4, random.4, st.4, tty_ioctl.4, wavelan.4, charmap.5, dir_colors.5, hosts.5, termcap.5, armscii-8.7, boot.7, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, charsets.7, ddp.7, futex.7, glob.7, ipv6.7, iso_8859-1.7, iso_8859-10.7, iso_8859-11.7, iso_8859-13.7, iso_8859-14.7, iso_8859-15.7, iso_8859-16.7, iso_8859-2.7, iso_8859-3.7, iso_8859-4.7, iso_8859-5.7, iso_8859-6.7, iso_8859-7.7, iso_8859-8.7, iso_8859-9.7, koi8-r.7, koi8-u.7, man.7, numa.7, path_resolution.7, pipe.7, posixoptions.7, pthreads.7, pty.7, rtnetlink.7, signal.7, time.7, udp.7, udplite.7, unicode.7, uri.7, utf-8.7: G;lobal fix: remove unneeded double quotes in .SS headings
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-02-24 18:02:18 +00:00
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.SS Sequencing directories
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To make specific scripts start/stop at specific run-levels and in
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specific order, there are \fIsequencing directories\fR.
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These
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are normally in \fI/etc/rc[0\-6S].d\fR.
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In each of these directories
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there are links (usually symbolic) to the scripts in the \fI/etc/init.d\fR
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directory.
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A primary script (usually \fI/etc/rc\fR) is called from
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.BR inittab (5)
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and calls the services scripts via the links in the sequencing directories.
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All links with names that begin with \(aqS\(aq are being called with
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the argument "start" (thereby starting the service).
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All links with
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names that begin with \(aqK\(aq are being called with the argument "stop"
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(thereby stopping the service).
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To define the starting or stopping order within the same run-level,
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the names of the links contain order-numbers.
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Also, to make the names clearer, they usually
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end with the name of the service they refer to.
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Example:
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the link \fI/etc/rc2.d/S80sendmail\fR starts the sendmail service on
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runlevel 2.
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This happens after \fI/etc/rc2.d/S12syslog\fR is run
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but before \fI/etc/rc2.d/S90xfs\fR is run.
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To manage the boot order and run-levels, we have to manage these links.
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However, on many versions of Linux, there are tools to help with this task
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(e.g:
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.BR chkconfig (8)).
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intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, capget.2, clone.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, intro.2, ioctl_list.2, ioprio_set.2, kill.2, mlock.2, nanosleep.2, perf_event_open.2, select.2, stat.2, times.2, ustat.2, vfork.2, wait.2, cfree.3, dbopen.3, dlopen.3, fenv.3, fmtmsg.3, gamma.3, getaddrinfo.3, gethostbyname.3, getnameinfo.3, getspnam.3, login.3, printf.3, regex.3, stdio.3, sysconf.3, termios.3, ttyslot.3, undocumented.3, wordexp.3, console_codes.4, initrd.4, mouse.4, random.4, st.4, tty_ioctl.4, wavelan.4, charmap.5, dir_colors.5, hosts.5, termcap.5, armscii-8.7, boot.7, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, charsets.7, ddp.7, futex.7, glob.7, ipv6.7, iso_8859-1.7, iso_8859-10.7, iso_8859-11.7, iso_8859-13.7, iso_8859-14.7, iso_8859-15.7, iso_8859-16.7, iso_8859-2.7, iso_8859-3.7, iso_8859-4.7, iso_8859-5.7, iso_8859-6.7, iso_8859-7.7, iso_8859-8.7, iso_8859-9.7, koi8-r.7, koi8-u.7, man.7, numa.7, path_resolution.7, pipe.7, posixoptions.7, pthreads.7, pty.7, rtnetlink.7, signal.7, time.7, udp.7, udplite.7, unicode.7, uri.7, utf-8.7: G;lobal fix: remove unneeded double quotes in .SS headings
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-02-24 18:02:18 +00:00
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.SS Boot configuration
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Usually the daemons started may optionally receive command-line options
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and parameters.
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To allow system administrators to change these
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parameters without editing the boot scripts themselves,
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configuration files are used.
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These are located in a specific
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directory (\fI/etc/sysconfig\fR on Red Hat systems) and are
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used by the boot scripts.
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intro.1, time.1, accept.2, bind.2, connect.2, execve.2, flock.2, getdents.2, getpriority.2, getuid.2, intro.2, ioctl.2, mincore.2, mknod.2, personality.2, ptrace.2, read.2, recv.2, select_tut.2, send.2, sendfile.2, shmctl.2, sigaction.2, signal.2, stat.2, times.2, truncate.2, umask.2, wait.2, MB_CUR_MAX.3, MB_LEN_MAX.3, argz_add.3, btowc.3, clearenv.3, clock.3, cmsg.3, end.3, endian.3, errno.3, exit.3, fgetwc.3, fgetws.3, fopen.3, fputwc.3, fputws.3, fseek.3, fwide.3, getfsent.3, getgrnam.3, gethostid.3, getipnodebyname.3, getmntent.3, getpwnam.3, getwchar.3, grantpt.3, iconv.3, iconv_close.3, iconv_open.3, insque.3, intro.3, iswalnum.3, iswalpha.3, iswblank.3, iswcntrl.3, iswctype.3, iswdigit.3, iswgraph.3, iswlower.3, iswprint.3, iswpunct.3, iswspace.3, iswupper.3, iswxdigit.3, malloc.3, mblen.3, mbrlen.3, mbrtowc.3, mbsinit.3, mbsnrtowcs.3, mbsrtowcs.3, mbstowcs.3, mbtowc.3, mkstemp.3, mktemp.3, nl_langinfo.3, openpty.3, posix_openpt.3, printf.3, ptsname.3, putwchar.3, qecvt.3, rcmd.3, readdir.3, rexec.3, rpc.3, setnetgrent.3, shm_open.3, sigpause.3, stdin.3, stpcpy.3, strftime.3, strptime.3, syslog.3, towctrans.3, towlower.3, towupper.3, ttyslot.3, ungetwc.3, unlocked_stdio.3, wcpcpy.3, wcpncpy.3, wcrtomb.3, wcscasecmp.3, wcscat.3, wcschr.3, wcscmp.3, wcscpy.3, wcscspn.3, wcsdup.3, wcslen.3, wcsncasecmp.3, wcsncat.3, wcsncmp.3, wcsncpy.3, wcsnlen.3, wcsnrtombs.3, wcspbrk.3, wcsrchr.3, wcsrtombs.3, wcsspn.3, wcsstr.3, wcstok.3, wcstombs.3, wcswidth.3, wctob.3, wctomb.3, wctrans.3, wctype.3, wcwidth.3, wmemchr.3, wmemcmp.3, wmemcpy.3, wmemmove.3, wmemset.3, wprintf.3, console_ioctl.4, pts.4, elf.5, filesystems.5, hosts.5, proc.5, ttytype.5, boot.7, capabilities.7, credentials.7, epoll.7, glob.7, koi8-r.7, path_resolution.7, pty.7, signal.7, suffixes.7, time.7, unicode.7, unix.7, uri.7, utf-8.7: global fix: s/Unix/UNIX/
The man pages were rather inconsistent in the use of "Unix"
versus "UNIX". Let's go with the trademark usage.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-10-12 04:45:38 +00:00
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In older UNIX systems, these files contained the actual command line
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options for the daemons, but in modern Linux systems (and also
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in HP-UX), these files just contain shell variables.
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The boot scripts in \fI/etc/init.d\fR
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\fBsource\fR the configuration
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files, and then use the variable values.
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.SH FILES
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.LP
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.IR /etc/init.d/ ,
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.IR /etc/rc[S0\-6].d/ ,
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.I /etc/sysconfig/
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR inittab (5),
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.BR bootparam (7),
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.BR init (1),
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.BR runlevel (8),
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.BR shutdown (8)
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