SYSV init, shutdown, last, and more...

From: poe@daimi.aau.dk (Peter Orbaek)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Announcement: SYSV init, shutdown, last, and more...
Keywords: init last setgrp shutdown reboot halt
Date: 22 Apr 92 06:49:40 GMT
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark

I just put

	/pub/Linux-source/admutil-1.0.tar.Z

on

	ftp.daimi.aau.dk (130.225.16.27)

It includes source for a better last(1) and setgrp(1) both by Michael Haardt,
plus a SYSV compatible init(8) program with runlevels and all.

This init was written by Miquel van Smoorenburg for Minix, and I ported it to 
Linux with little effort.

There's also a shutdown(8) program as well as passwd(1) and chsh(1).

You should be able to build the binaries with both gcc 1.40 and gcc 2.1.
Follow the instructions in the Makefile and README.

Be warned that the init program is fairly untested, and I don't use it myself.
It's very easy to lock your self out of the machine if you do something wrong
with init and the new inittab format, so be sure you know what you are doing
before you install the new init.

There's also a problem with putpwent(3) in the older versions of libc, and if
you don't fix this or use the newest gcc 2.1 libc (later than 10-Apr-92) then
chsh and passwd will trash the /etc/passwd file and make it hard to log into
the machine afterwards.

	- Peter (poe@daimi.aau.dk)

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