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

From: Samuel Thibault
Date: Tue Jun 20 2006 - 07:30:52 EST


linux-os (Dick Johnson), le Tue 20 Jun 2006 07:26:39 -0400, a écrit :
>
> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Samuel Thibault wrote:
>
> > linux-os (Dick Johnson), le Mon 19 Jun 2006 07:37:02 -0400, a écrit :
> >> 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.
> >
> > Ok. The following still makes sense, doesn't it? (i.e. set a session for
> > the emergency shell)
> >
> > --- linux-2.6.17-orig/init/main.c 2006-06-18 19:22:40.000000000 +0200
> > +++ linux-2.6.17-perso/init/main.c 2006-06-20 00:07:07.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -729,6 +729,11 @@
> > run_init_process("/sbin/init");
> > run_init_process("/etc/init");
> > run_init_process("/bin/init");
> > +
> > + /* Set a session for the shell. */
> > + sys_setsid();
> > + sys_ioctl(0, TIOCSCTTY, 1);
> > +
> > run_init_process("/bin/sh");
> >
> > panic("No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.");
> >
>
> Well this makes 'sense' however, you should not modify the kernel
> for this,

Why not? /bin/sh is not supposed to start a session, so in this case it
should be up to the kernel to start it.

Samuel
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