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NAME
init - initialize machine upon booting
SYNOPSIS
/$cputype/init [ -ctm ] [ command ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Init initializes the machine: it establishes the name space (see name‐
space(4) and newns in auth(2)), and environment (see env(3)) and starts
a shell (rc(1)) on the console. If a command is supplied, that is run
instead of the shell. On a CPU server the invoked shell runs cpurc(8)
before accepting commands on the console; on a terminal, it runs termrc
and then the user's profile. Options -t (terminal) and -c (CPU) force
the behavior to correspond to the specified service class. Otherwise
init uses the value of the environment variable $service to decide the
service class.
Init sets environment variables $service (either to the incoming value
or according to -t or -c), $objtype (to the value of $cputype), $user
(to the contents of #c/user), and $timezone (to the contents of
/adm/timezone/local).
With option -m init starts only an interactive shell regardless of the
command or service class.
On a CPU server, init requires the machine's password to be supplied
before starting rc on the console.
Init is invoked by boot(8), which sets the arguments as appropriate.
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/init.c
SEE ALSO
rc(1), auth(2), boot(8)
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