sulogin.8.xml

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<!ENTITY ENV_HZ                SYSTEM "login.defs.d/ENV_HZ.xml">
<!ENTITY ENV_TZ                SYSTEM "login.defs.d/ENV_TZ.xml">
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<refentry id='sulogin.8'>
  <!--  $Id$ -->
  <refentryinfo>
    <author>
      <firstname>Julianne Frances</firstname>
      <surname>Haugh</surname>
      <contrib>Creation, 1989</contrib>
    </author>
    <author>
      <firstname>Thomas</firstname>
      <surname>Kłoczko</surname>
      <email>kloczek@pld.org.pl</email>
      <contrib>shadow-utils maintainer, 2000 - 2007</contrib>
    </author>
    <author>
      <firstname>Nicolas</firstname>
      <surname>François</surname>
      <email>nicolas.francois@centraliens.net</email>
      <contrib>shadow-utils maintainer, 2007 - now</contrib>
    </author>
  </refentryinfo>
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>sulogin</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">System Management Commands</refmiscinfo>
    <refmiscinfo class="source">shadow-utils</refmiscinfo>
    <refmiscinfo class="version">&SHADOW_UTILS_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>
  <refnamediv id='name'>
    <refname>sulogin</refname>
    <refpurpose>Single-user login</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsect1 id='syntax'>
    <title>SYNTAX</title>
    <para><command>sulogin</command> [<emphasis remap='I'>tty-device</emphasis>]
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='description'>
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
    <para>
      The <command>sulogin</command> command is invoked by <command>init</command>
      prior to allowing the user access to the system when in single user mode.
      This feature may only be available on certain systems where
      <command>init</command> has been modified accordingly, or where the
      <filename>/etc/inittab</filename> has an entry for a single user
      login.
    </para>

    <para>The user is prompted</para>

    <para>Type control-d to proceed with normal startup,
      <!-- .br -->
      (or give root password for system maintenance):
    </para>

    <para>
      Input and output will be performed with the standard file descriptors
      unless the optional device name argument is provided.
    </para>

    <para>
      If the user enters the correct root password, a login session is
      initiated. When <emphasis>EOF</emphasis> is pressed instead, the
      system enters multi-user mode.
    </para>

    <para>
      After the user exits the single-user shell, or presses
      <emphasis>EOF</emphasis>, the system begins the initialization process
      required to enter multi-user mode.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='caveats'>
    <title>CAVEATS</title>
    <para>
      This command can only be used if <command>init</command> has been
      modified to call <command>sulogin</command> instead of
      <filename>/bin/sh</filename>, or if the user has set the <emphasis
      remap='I'>inittab</emphasis> to support a single user login. For
      example, the line:
    </para>

    <para>co:s:respawn:/etc/sulogin /dev/console</para>

    <para>should execute the sulogin command in single user mode.</para>

    <para>
      As complete an environment as possible is created. However, various
      devices may be unmounted or uninitialized and many of the user
      commands may be unavailable or nonfunctional as a result.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 condition="no_pam" id='configuration'>
    <title>CONFIGURATION</title>
    <para>
      The following configuration variables in
      <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename> change the behavior of this
      tool:
    </para>
    <variablelist>
      &ENV_HZ;
      &ENV_TZ;
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='files'>
    <title>FILES</title>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
	<term><filename>/etc/passwd</filename></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>User account information.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
	<term><filename>/etc/shadow</filename></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Secure user account information.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='see_also'>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
    <para>
      <citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>login</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>init</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>.
    </para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>