sulogin(1M)sulogin(1M)NAMEsulogin - access single-user mode
SYNOPSISsuloginDESCRIPTIONsulogin is automatically invoked by init when the system is first
started. It prompts the user to type the root password to enter system
maintenance mode (single-user mode) or to type EOF (typically CTRL-d) for
normal startup (multi-user mode). sulogin should never be directly
invoked by the user.
NOTES
After verifying the root password, sulogin invokes su to set up the login
session. If PAM authentification is enabled, the configuration file
/etc/pam.d/su will determine what, if any, additional authentification is
performed by su. This could result in the user being prompted a second
time for the root password.
FILES
/sbin/sulogin
SEE ALSOinit(1M), su(1M).
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