init(8)                                                                                                                  init(8)



NAME
       init - Upstart process management daemon

SYNOPSIS
       init [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
       init is the parent of all processes on the system, it is executed by the kernel and is responsible for starting all other
       processes; it is the parent of all processes whose natural parents have died and it is responsible for reaping those when
       they die.

       Processes  managed  by  init are known as jobs and are defined by files in the /etc/init directory.  See init(5) for more
       details on configuring Upstart.

   Events
       init(8) is an event-based init daemon.  This means that jobs will be automatically started and stopped  by  changes  that
       occur to the system state, including as a result of jobs starting and stopping.

       This  is  different  to  dependency-based init daemons which start a specified set of goal jobs, and resolve the order in
       which they should be started and other jobs required by iterating their dependencies.

       For more information on starting and stopping jobs, as well as emitting events that will  automatically  start  and  stop
       jobs, see the manual page for the initctl(8) tool.

       The  primary event is the startup(7) event, emitted when the daemon has finished loading its configuration.  Other useful
       events are the starting(7), started(7), stopping(7) and stopped(7) events emitted as jobs change state.

   System V compatibility
       The Upstart init(8) daemon does not keep track of  runlevels  itself,  instead  they  are  implemented  entirely  by  its
       userspace  tools.   The event emitted to signify a change of runlevel is the runlevel(7) event.  For more information see
       its manual page.

OPTIONS
       Options are passed to init(8) by placing them on the kernel command-line.

       --verbose
              Outputs verbose messages about job state changes and event emissions to the system  console  or  log,  useful  for
              debugging boot.

NOTES
       init is not normally executed by a user process, and expects to have a process id of 1.  If this is not the case, it will
       actually execute telinit(8) and pass all arguments to that.  See that manual page for further details.

FILES
       /etc/init.conf

       /etc/init/*.conf

AUTHOR
       Written by Scott James Remnant <scottATnetsplit.com>

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs at <https://launchpad.net/upstart/+bugs>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2010 Canonical Ltd.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FIT-
       NESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       init(5) initctl(8) telinit(8) runlevel(7) startup(7) starting(7) started(7) stopping(7) stopped(7)



Upstart                                                    2010-02-04                                                    init(8)