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     INIT(8)                                                   INIT(8)

     NAME
          init - initialize machine or connection

     SYNOPSIS
          /$cputype/init [ -ctm ] [ command ... ]

     DESCRIPTION
          Init initializes the machine: it establishes the name space
          (see namespace(4) and newns in auth(2)), and environment
          (see env(3)) and starts a shell (rc(1)) on the console.  If
          a command is supplied, that is run instead of the shell.  On
          a CPU server the invoked shell runs cpurc(8) before accept-
          ing commands on the console; on a terminal, it runs termrc
          and then the user's profile.  Options -t (terminal) and -c
          (CPU) force the behavior to correspond to the specified ser-
          vice class.  Otherwise init uses the value of the environ-
          ment variable $service to decide the service class.

          Init sets environment variables $service (either to the
          incoming value or according to -t or -c), $objtype (to the
          value of $cputype), $user (to the contents of #c/user), and
          $timezone (to the contents of /adm/timezone/local).

          With option -m init starts only an interactive shell regard-
          less of the command or service class.

          On a CPU server, init requires the machine's password to be
          supplied before starting rc on the console.

          Init is invoked by boot(8), which sets the arguments as
          appropriate.

     SEE ALSO
          rc(1), auth(2), boot(8)

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