NAME¶
runit - a UNIX process no 1
SYNOPSIS¶
runit
DESCRIPTION¶
runit must be run as Unix process no 1. It performs the system's booting,
running, and shutdown in three stages:
STAGE 1¶
runit runs
/etc/runit/1 and waits for it to terminate. The
system's one time tasks are done here.
/etc/runit/1 has full control of
/dev/console to be able to start an emergency shell if the one time
initialization tasks fail. If
/etc/runit/1 crashes, or exits 100,
runit will skip stage 2 and enter stage 3.
STAGE 2¶
runit runs
/etc/runit/2, which should not return until system
shutdown; if it crashes, or exits 111, it will be restarted. Normally
/etc/runit/2 starts
runsvdir(8).
runit is able to handle
the ctrl-alt-del keyboard request in stage 2, see below.
STAGE 3¶
If
runit is told to shutdown the system, or stage 2 returns, it
terminates stage 2 if it is running, and runs
/etc/runit/3. The systems
tasks to shutdown and possibly halt or reboot the system are done here. If
stage 3 returns,
runit checks if the file
/etc/runit/reboot
exists and has the execute by owner permission set. If so, the system is
rebooted, it's halted otherwise. If
/etc/runit/nosync exists,
runit doesn't invoke sync(). This is useful in vservers.
CTRL-ALT-DEL¶
If
runit receives the ctrl-alt-del keyboard request and the file
/etc/runit/ctrlaltdel exists and has the execute by owner permission
set,
runit runs
/etc/runit/ctrlaltdel, waits for it to
terminate, and then sends itself a CONT signal.
SIGNALS¶
runit only accepts signals in stage 2.
If
runit receives a CONT signal and the file
/etc/runit/stopit
exists and has the execute by owner permission set,
runit is told to
shutdown the system.
if
runit receives an INT signal, a ctrl-alt-del keyboard request is
triggered.
SEE ALSO¶
runit-init(8),
runsvdir(8),
runsvchdir(8),
sv(8),
runsv(8),
chpst(8),
utmpset(8),
svlogd(8)
http://smarden.org/runit/
AUTHOR¶
Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>