[Pkg-sysvinit-commits] r642 - sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts

[Thomas Hood]

Author: jdthood-guest
Date: 2006-01-16 09:52:42 +0000 (Mon, 16 Jan 2006)
New Revision: 642

Modified:
   sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts/rcS.5
Log:
Fix description of DELAYLOGIN

Modified: sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts/rcS.5
===================================================================
--- sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts/rcS.5	2006-01-16 09:38:48 UTC (rev 641)
+++ sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts/rcS.5	2006-01-16 09:52:42 UTC (rev 642)
@@ -34,15 +34,23 @@
 after 30 seconds and the boot process will continue.
 
 .IP \fBDELAYLOGIN\fB
-Normally the system will not let anyone log in
+Normally the system will not let non-root users log in
 until the boot process is complete
 and the system has finished switching
 to the default runlevel (usually level 2).
-However, in theory it is possible to log in a bit earlier,
+However, in theory it is safe to log in a bit earlier,
 namely, as soon as \fBinetd\fP has started.
-Setting the variable to \fByes\fP prevents this;
-setting the variable to \fBno\fP allows it.
+Setting the variable to \fBno\fP allows earlier login;
+setting the variable to \fByes\fP prevents it.
 
+Some details:
+The \fBDELAYLOGIN\fP variable controls whether or not the
+file \fI/var/lib/initscripts/nologin\fP is created during
+the boot process and deleted at the end of it.
+\fI/etc/nologin\fP is normally a symbolic link to the latter location,
+and the \fBlogin\fP(1) program refuses to allow non-root logins so long
+as (the target of) \fI/etc/nologin\fP exists.
+
 .IP \fBUTC\fP
 This is used to govern how the hardware real time clock is interpreted
 when it is read at boot time (for the purpose of setting the system clock)