rc2(1M)

NAME
     rc2 - run commands required for multi-user environment

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/rc2

DESCRIPTION
     /etc/rc2 is executed via an entry in /etc/inittab and is responsible for
     the initializations that bring the system to a ready-to-use state,
     traditionally state 2, which is called the "multi-user" state.

     /etc/rc2 runs files beginning with S in /etc/rc2.d.  These files are
     executed by /bin/sh in ascii sort-sequence order (see FILES below for
     more information).

     Each of these files may also check the state of the corresponding
     chkconfig flag for that function.  If the state is on, the script starts
     that function; if the state is off, it does not start that function.
     (See chkconfig(1M)).

     The functions performed by the /etc/rc2 command and associated /etc/rc2.d
     files include:

          Setting and exporting the TIMEZONE variable.

          Setting-up and mounting the user (/usr) and other filesystem(s).

          Cleaning up (remaking) the /tmp directory.

          Initializing the network interfaces, mounting network filesystems,
          and starting the appropriate daemon processes.

          Starting the cron daemon by executing /etc/cron.

          Cleaning up (deleting) uucp locks status, and temporary files in the
          /var/spool/uucp directory.

     Other functions can be added, as required, to support the addition of
     hardware and software features.

EXAMPLES
     The following are simplified examples of the files found in /etc/rc2.d.
     The filenames are prefixed by an S and a number indicating the execution
     order of the files.

     filesystems
          # set up and mount filesystems
          cd /
          fsck -m -c -y
          /etc/mount -at efs
     rmtmpfiles
          # clean up /tmp
          rm -rf /tmp
          mkdir /tmp
          chmod 777 /tmp
          chgrp sys /tmp
          chown sys /tmp

     uucp
          # clean-up uucp locks, status, and temporary files
          rm -rf /var/spool/locks/*

     The file /etc/TIMEZONE is included early in /etc/rc2, thus establishing
     the default time zone for all commands that follow.

     See rc0(1M) for the system shutdown procedure.

FILES
     Files in /etc/rc2.d must begin with an S or a K followed by a number and
     the rest of the filename.  Upon entering run level 2, files beginning
     with S are executed with an argument of start ; if entering run level 2
     from some state other than single-user mode (ie: from other than run
     level 1 or s), files beginning with K, are first executed with an
     argument of stop.  Files in /etc/rc2.d are typically symbolic links to
     files in /etc/init.d.  Files beginning with other characters are ignored.

SEE ALSO
     rc0(1M), shutdown(1M).