Usage:
sulogin [options] [tty device]
Single-user login.
Options:
-p, --login-shell start a login shell
-t, --timeout <seconds> max time to wait for a password (default: no limit)
-e, --force examine password files directly if getpwnam(3) fails
-h, --help display this help
-V, --version display version
For more details see sulogin(8).
Options (5)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-p, --login-shell | Specifying this option causes sulogin to start the shell process as a login shell. | help + man |
-t, --timeout seconds | Specify the maximum amount of time to wait for user input. | help + man |
-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. | help + man |
-h, --help | Display help text and exit. | help + man |
-V, --version | Display version and exit. | help + man |
Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.