Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:12:26 +0200 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: rank1seeker@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Add SUM sysctl Message-ID: <F8EA9C16-A114-4270-895D-477AFA2990C9@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20110415.154921.875.2@DEV> References: <20110415.150349.671.1@DEV> <22B12EE4-AE7B-49F7-B6BA-3FE7F967F508@gsoft.com.au> <20110415.154921.875.2@DEV>
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On 15/04/2011, at 17:49, rank1seeker@gmail.com wrote: >> On 15/04/2011, at 17:03, rank1seeker@gmail.com wrote: >>> I would like implementation of boolean sysctl var, that would show, is > system in a single user mode. >>> I would like it from 8.3 onwards. >> >> AFAIK the kernel doesn't have a "single user" mode. >> >> It's just that when you boot into single user mode it asks you want to > run rather than starting /sbin/init. > > I see, but 'ps' shows /sbin/init as PID 1, in both SUM and MUM. > How can I fiducially ensure that I am in SUM. > On what to rely/look on. Oh oops, I guess the kernel runs init -s which then asks you.. > I wana put it in sh's function, for usage in scripts. Why? -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C
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