From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: [TUHS] single user mode in v5 & v6
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 05:59:08 +1100 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1501100555340.91430@aneurin.horsfall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150109180607.E198918C0CE@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
On Fri, 9 Jan 2015, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> > For some reason, the code for /etc/init .. bashes the command line
> > so it just has '-' in it, so it looks just like a shell.
>
> BTW, that may be accidental, not a deliberate choice - e.g. someone
> copied another line of code which exec'd a shell, and didn't change the
> second arg.
I have a vague recollection of patching "ps" so that process 0 showed as
"unix" or something, as otherwise it was just random rubbish.
> > our init checked the switch register to determine whether to bring
> > up single or multiuser
>
> I think that's standard from Bell, actually.
Yes.
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2015-01-09 18:06 Noel Chiappa
2015-01-09 18:59 ` Dave Horsfall [this message]
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2015-01-09 18:38 Noel Chiappa
2015-01-09 20:54 ` Clem Cole
2015-01-09 20:57 ` Ronald Natalie
2015-01-09 21:18 ` Clem Cole
2015-01-09 6:18 Noel Chiappa
2015-01-09 14:23 ` Ronald Natalie
2015-01-09 14:36 ` Clem Cole
2015-01-09 14:36 ` Clem Cole
2015-01-09 14:44 ` Ronald Natalie
2015-01-09 16:52 ` Clem cole
2015-01-09 4:59 Mark Longridge
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