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| -rw-r--r-- | login-utils/sulogin.8 | 39 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | login-utils/utmpdump.1 | 16 |
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diff --git a/login-utils/sulogin.8 b/login-utils/sulogin.8 index 57a711813..17b07da65 100644 --- a/login-utils/sulogin.8 +++ b/login-utils/sulogin.8 @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -'\" -*- coding: UTF-8 -*- .\" Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Miquel van Smoorenburg. .\" Copyright (C) 2012 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> .\" @@ -16,18 +15,17 @@ .\" 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" "Jul 2012" "util-linux" "System Administration" +.TH SULOGIN "8" "July 2014" "util-linux" "System Administration" .SH NAME -sulogin \- Single-user login +sulogin \- single-user login .SH SYNOPSIS -.B sulogin -.RB [ options ] -.RB [ tty ] +.BR sulogin " [options]" +.RI [ tty ] .SH DESCRIPTION -.I sulogin +.B sulogin is invoked by .B init -when the system goes into single user mode. +when the system goes into single-user mode. .PP The user is prompted: .IP "" .5i @@ -35,40 +33,43 @@ Give root password for system maintenance .br (or type Control\-D for normal startup): .PP -.I sulogin -will be connected to the current terminal, or to the optional tty device that +.B sulogin +will be connected to the current terminal, or to the optional \fItty\fR 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 +When the user exits from the single-user shell, or presses control\-D at the prompt, the system will continue to boot. .SH OPTIONS .IP "\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-force\fP" -If the default method of obtaining the root password via +If the default method of obtaining the root password from the system via .BR getpwnam (3) -from the system fails, manually examine +fails, then 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. +to get the password. If these files are damaged or nonexistent, +.B 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. +Specifying this option causes +.B 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. +.B sulogin +will wait forever. .IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fP" Display help text and exit. .IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fP" Display version information and exit. .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES -.I sulogin +.B sulogin looks for the environment variable .B SUSHELL or diff --git a/login-utils/utmpdump.1 b/login-utils/utmpdump.1 index 7a7442a8e..933a3c9a7 100644 --- a/login-utils/utmpdump.1 +++ b/login-utils/utmpdump.1 @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -'\" -*- coding: UTF-8 -*- .\" Copyright (C) 2010 Michael Krapp .\" .\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify @@ -19,7 +18,8 @@ .SH NAME utmpdump \- dump UTMP and WTMP files in raw format .SH SYNOPSIS -utmpdump [\-frohV] [ filename ] +.BR utmpdump " [options]" +.RI [ filename ] .SH DESCRIPTION .B utmpdump is a simple program to dump UTMP and WTMP files in raw format, so they @@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ is passed. .SH OPTIONS .IP "\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-follow\fP" Output appended data as the file grows. -.IP "\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reverse\fP -Undump, write back edited login information into the utmp or wtmp files. .IP "\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fP \fIfile\fR Write command output to \fIfile\fR instead of standard output. +.IP "\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reverse\fP +Undump, write back edited login information into the utmp or wtmp files. .IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fP" Display help text and exit. .IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fP" @@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ Display version information and exit. .SH NOTES .B utmpdump can be useful in cases of corrupted utmp or wtmp entries. It can dump -out utmp/wtmp to an ASCII file, whic can then be edited to remove -bogus entries and reintegrated, using +out utmp/wtmp to an ASCII file, which can then be edited to remove +bogus entries, and reintegrated using: .PP .RS -utmpdump -r < ascii_file > wtmp +.B utmpdump -r < ascii_file > wtmp .RE .PP -but be warned, as +But be warned, .B utmpdump was written for debugging purposes only. .SH BUGS |