9srv Manual Collection/plan9/init(8) 9srv Manual Collection/plan9/init(8)
NAME
init - initialize machine upon booting

SYNOPSIS
/$cputype/init [ -ctm ] [ command ... ]

DESCRIPTION
Init initializes the machine: it establishes the name space (see namespace(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 the default is CPU.

Init sets environment variables $service (to terminal or cpu), $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)

9srv Manual Collection/plan9/init(8) Rev:  Thu Jan 24 21:53:05 GMT 2013