From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from goalie.tycho.ncsc.mil (goalie [144.51.3.250]) by tarius.tycho.ncsc.mil (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p6JJp96Q011382 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:51:09 -0400 Received: from cp-out8.libero.it (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by msux-gh1-uea01.nsa.gov (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id p6JJp7r3012869 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:51:08 GMT Received: from [192.168.2.2] (151.46.146.238) by cp-out8.libero.it (8.5.133) id 4DD241540920ECB6 for selinux@tycho.nsa.gov; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:51:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Further clarification of the usage of run_init in the manual page From: Guido Trentalancia To: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:51:06 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <1311105066.2550.21.camel@vortex> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov It's a very minor thing really, but I believe (on the basis of an off-list question) that the manual page for policycoreutils/run_init can be improved by the following short patch which aims to further clarify the intended usage of such tool and mention that it caters for one (somewhat hidden) compile-time option. diff -pruN selinux-09062011/policycoreutils/run_init/run_init.8 selinux-09062011-run_init-auth-manpage/policycoreutils/run_init/run_init.8 --- selinux-09062011/policycoreutils/run_init/run_init.8 2011-05-09 01:04:17.075842476 +0200 +++ selinux-09062011-run_init-auth-manpage/policycoreutils/run_init/run_init.8 2011-06-09 23:06:53.350242852 +0200 @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ run_init \- run an init script in the pr .PP Run a init script under the proper context, which is specified in /etc/selinux/POLICYTYPE/contexts/initrc_context. +It is generally used interactively as it requires either shadow or +PAM user authentication (depending on compile-time options). .SH FILES /etc/passwd - user account information .br -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.