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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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This file is part of systemd.
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Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
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systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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Lesser General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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<refentry id="systemd-initctl.service">
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<title>systemd-initctl.service</title>
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<productname>systemd</productname>
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<contrib>Developer</contrib>
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<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
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<surname>Poettering</surname>
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<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
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<refentrytitle>systemd-initctl.service</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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<refname>systemd-initctl.service</refname>
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<refname>systemd-initctl.socket</refname>
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<refname>systemd-initctl</refname>
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<refpurpose>/dev/initctl compatibility</refpurpose>
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<para><filename>systemd-initctl.service</filename></para>
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<para><filename>systemd-initctl.socket</filename></para>
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<para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-initctl</filename></para>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para><filename>systemd-initctl</filename> is a system
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service that implements compatibility with the
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<filename>/dev/initctl</filename> FIFO file system
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object, as implemented by the SysV init system. <filename>systemd-initctl</filename> is
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automatically activated on request and terminates
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itself when it is unused.</para>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>