NAME

       sulogin - single-user login

SYNOPSIS

       sulogin [options] [tty]

DESCRIPTION

       sulogin is invoked by init when the system goes into single-user mode.

       The user is prompted:

       Give root password for system maintenance (or type Control-D for normal startup):

       If the root account is locked and --force is specified, no password is required.

       sulogin will be connected to the current terminal, or to the optional tty device that can
       be specified on the command line (typically /dev/console).

       When the user exits from the single-user shell, or presses control-D at the prompt, the
       system will continue to boot.

OPTIONS

       -e, --force
           If the default method of obtaining the root password from the system via getpwnam(3)
           fails, then examine /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow to get the password. If these files
           are damaged or nonexistent, or when root account is locked by '!' or '*' at the begin
           of the password then sulogin will start a root shell without asking for a password.

           Only use the -e option if you are sure the console is physically protected against
           unauthorized access.

       -p, --login-shell
           Specifying this option causes sulogin to start the shell process as a login shell.

       -t, --timeout seconds
           Specify the maximum amount of time to wait for user input. By default, sulogin will
           wait forever.

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Print version and exit.

ENVIRONMENT

       sulogin looks for the environment variable SUSHELL or sushell to determine what shell to
       start. If the environment variable is not set, it will try to execute root’s shell from
       /etc/passwd. If that fails, it will fall back to /bin/sh.

AUTHORS

       sulogin was written by Miquel van Smoorenburg for sysvinit and later ported to util-linux
       by Dave Reisner and Karel Zak.

REPORTING BUGS

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.

AVAILABILITY

       The sulogin command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux
       Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.