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author | nate <nate@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-08-27 21:32:01 +0000 |
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committer | nate <nate@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-08-27 21:32:01 +0000 |
commit | 398581a79d2c3d05edaf080a2a7a58f3d6ecbece (patch) | |
tree | 6a15dfa4b4604143e9ce946963e29f5c77bb89e9 /sbin/init/init.8 | |
parent | 991b08fc7adff13fbe1b7b06a898a818433eca4e (diff) | |
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Bring in my changes from the 1.1 init.bsdi which causes a reboot (was a
halt before) if init is sent an interrupt signal. This is necessary
for <CTL><ALT><DEL> to do the right thing if enabled.
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diff --git a/sbin/init/init.8 b/sbin/init/init.8 index 71e3184..50caf0c 100644 --- a/sbin/init/init.8 +++ b/sbin/init/init.8 @@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ This hook is used by and .Xr halt 8 . .Pp +.Nm Init +will terminate all possible processes (again, it will not wait +for deadlocked processes) and reboot the machine if sent the interrupt +.Pq Dv INT +signal, i.e. +.Dq Li "kill \-INT 1". +This is useful for shutting the machine down cleanly from inside the kernel +or from X when the machines appears to be hung. +.Pp The role of .Nm init is so critical that if it dies, the system will reboot itself |