source: chapter06/sysvinit.xml@ c97d81d

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<sect1 id="ch-system-sysvinit" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="sysvinit.html"?>

  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>sysvinit</productname>
    <productnumber>&sysvinit-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&sysvinit-url;</address>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Sysvinit-&sysvinit-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit">
    <primary sortas="a-Sysvinit">Sysvinit</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Sysvinit package contains programs for controlling the startup,
    running, and shutdown of the system.</para>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&sysvinit-ch6-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&sysvinit-ch6-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Sysvinit</title>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make -C src</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make -C src install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-sysvinit" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Sysvinit</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>fstab-decode, killall5, last,
        lastb (link to last) and pidof
        (link to killall5)</seg>
      </seglistitem>
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    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="fstab-decode">
        <term><command>fstab-decode</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Run a command with fstab-encoded arguments</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit fstab-decode">
            <primary sortas="b-fstab-decode">fstab-decode</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="killall5">
        <term><command>killall5</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>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</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit killall5">
            <primary sortas="b-killall5">killall5</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="last">
        <term><command>last</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back
          through the <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> file; it also shows
          system boots, shutdowns, and run-level changes</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit last">
            <primary sortas="b-last">last</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lastb">
        <term><command>lastb</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Shows the failed login attempts, as logged in
          <filename>/var/log/btmp</filename></para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit lastb">
            <primary sortas="b-lastb">lastb</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pidof">
        <term><command>pidof</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Reports the PIDs of the given programs</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit pidof">
            <primary sortas="b-pidof">pidof</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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