Re: emergency or init=/bin/sh mode and terminal signals

From: Samuel Thibault
Date: Mon Jun 19 2006 - 07:45:03 EST


linux-os (Dick Johnson), le Mon 19 Jun 2006 07:37:02 -0400, a écrit :
> I don't think this is the correct behavior. You can't allow some
> terminal input to affect init. It has been the de facto standard
> in Unix, that the only time one should have a controlling terminal
> is after somebody logs in and owns something to control. If you want
> a controlling terminal from your emergency shell, please exec /bin/login.

Ok, but people don't know that: they're given a shell, and wonder why on
hell ^C doesn't work...

Samuel
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