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authorEric Andersen2000-12-18 20:36:02 +0000
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Doc update from Matt Kraai, better describing the init process.
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<sect2>
<title>id</title>
<para>
- WARNING: This field has a non-traditional
- meaning for BusyBox init! The id field is used
- by BusyBox init to specify the controlling tty
- for the specified process to run on. The
- contents of this field are appended to "/dev/"
- and used as-is. There is no need for this field
- to be unique, although if it isn't you may have
- strange results. If this field is left blank,
- it is completely ignored. Also note that if
- BusyBox detects that a serial console is in use,
- then all entries containing non-empty id fields
- will _not_ be run. BusyBox init does nothing
- with utmp. We don't need no stinkin' utmp.
+
+ WARNING: This field has a non-traditional meaning for BusyBox init!
+ The id field is used by BusyBox init to specify the controlling tty
+ for the specified process to run on. The contents of this field
+ are appended to "/dev/" and used as-is. There is no need for this
+ field to be unique, although if it isn't you may have strange
+ results. If this field is left blank, the controlling tty is set
+ to the console. Also note that if BusyBox detects that a serial
+ console is in use, then only entries whose controlling tty is
+ either the serial console or /dev/null will be run. BusyBox init
+ does nothing with utmp. We don't need no stinkin' utmp.
+
</para>
</sect2>