Module Name: src
Committed By: apb
Date: Wed Oct 2 22:07:56 UTC 2013
Modified Files:
src/sbin/init: init.8
Log Message:
The "-s" flag is passed to init by the kernel, not by the boot loader.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.58 -r1.59 src/sbin/init/init.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/sbin/init/init.8
diff -u src/sbin/init/init.8:1.58 src/sbin/init/init.8:1.59
--- src/sbin/init/init.8:1.58 Wed Oct 2 22:01:47 2013
+++ src/sbin/init/init.8 Wed Oct 2 22:07:56 2013
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: init.8,v 1.58 2013/10/02 22:01:47 apb Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: init.8,v 1.59 2013/10/02 22:07:56 apb Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
.Nd process control initialization
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
+.Op Fl s
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
@@ -64,10 +65,13 @@ The following table describes the state
.Bl -enum
.It
Single user shell.
-.Nm
-may be passed
+If the kernel is booted in single user mode (see
+.Xr boothowto 9 ) ,
+then the kernel will pass the
.Fl s
-from the boot program to prevent the system from going multi-user and
+option to
+.Nm
+to prevent the system from going multi-user and
to instead execute a single user shell without starting the normal
daemons.
If the kernel is in a secure mode,
