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authorSami Kerola2012-07-25 21:15:42 +0200
committerKarel Zak2012-07-26 13:51:40 +0200
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docs: clean up sulogin.8 manual
Align with Documentation/howto-man-page.txt Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
-rw-r--r--login-utils/sulogin.870
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diff --git a/login-utils/sulogin.8 b/login-utils/sulogin.8
index 24c120db8..b9dec165c 100644
--- a/login-utils/sulogin.8
+++ b/login-utils/sulogin.8
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
.\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
.\" Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
.\"
-.TH SULOGIN 8 "Mar 2012" "" "Linux System Administrator's Manual"
+.TH SULOGIN "8" "Jul 2012" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
sulogin \- Single-user login
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ sulogin \- Single-user login
.RB [ tty ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I sulogin
-is invoked by \fBinit\fP when the system goes into single user mode.
+is invoked by
+.B init
+when the system goes into single user mode.
.PP
The user is prompted:
.IP "" .5i
@@ -33,40 +35,56 @@ Give root password for system maintenance
.br
(or type Control\-D for normal startup):
.PP
-\fIsulogin\fP will be connected to the current terminal, or to the
-optional tty device that can be specified on the command line
-(typically \fB/dev/console\fP).
+.I sulogin
+will be connected to the current terminal, or to the optional tty device that
+can be specified on the command line (typically
+.BR /dev/console ).
.PP
After the user exits the single-user shell or presses control\-D at the
prompt, the system will continue to boot.
.SH OPTIONS
-.IP "\fB\-e, \-\-force\fP"
-If the default method of obtaining the root password via \fBgetpwnam\fP(3) from
-the system fails, manually examine /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow to get the
-password. If they are damaged or nonexistent, sulogin will start a root shell
-without asking for a password.
-
-Only use the \fB\-e\fP option if you are sure the console is physically
-protected against unauthorized access.
-.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
-Print a help message.
-.IP "\fB\-p, \-\-login\-shell\fP"
-Specifying this option causes sulogin to start the shell process as a
-login shell.
-.IP "\fB\-t, \-\-timeout \fIseconds\fP"
-Specify the maximum amount of time to wait for user input. By default,
+.IP "\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-force\fP"
+If the default method of obtaining the root password via
+.BR getpwnam (3)
+from the system fails, manually examine
+.I /etc/passwd
+and
+.I /etc/shadow
+to get the password. If they are damaged or nonexistent, sulogin will start
+a root shell without asking for a password.
+.IP
+Only use the
+.B \-e
+option if you are sure the console is physically protected against
+unauthorized access.
+.IP "\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-login\-shell\fP"
+Specifying this option causes sulogin to start the shell process as a login
+shell.
+.IP "\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-timeout \fIseconds\fP"
+Specify the maximum amount of time to wait for user input. By default,
sulogin will wait forever.
-.IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP"
+.IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fP"
+Print a help message.
+.IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fP"
Output version.
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-\fIsulogin\fP looks for the environment variable \fBSUSHELL\fP or
-\fBsushell\fP to determine what shell to start. If the environment variable
-is not set, it will try to execute root's shell from /etc/passwd. If that
-fails it will fall back to \fB/bin/sh\fP.
+.I sulogin
+looks for the environment variable
+.B SUSHELL
+or
+.B sushell
+to determine what shell to start. If the environment variable is not set, it
+will try to execute root's shell from
+.IR /etc/passwd .
+If that fails it
+will fall back to
+.IR /bin/sh .
.SH AUTHOR
.B sulogin
was written by Miquel van Smoorenburg for sysvinit and later ported
to util-linux by Dave Reisner and Karel Zak.
.SH AVAILABILITY
The sulogin command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
-ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
+.UR ftp://\:ftp.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
+Linux Kernel Archive
+.UE .