linux-kernel - Re: Does init start with any open files?

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Message-Id: <201212251338.qBPDcfSg026316@xs8.xs4all.nl>
Date:	Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:38:41 +0100
From:	"Miquel van Smoorenburg" <mike@...-smoorenburg.nl>
To:	bbi5291@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Does init start with any open files?

In article <xs4all.CAMmfjbPKGD28070A0JvMyL02juYW5tuwNmVwrJ-1gFzkNhCuDQ@...l.gmail.com> you write:
>When the init process is created on system startup, does it have any
>open file descriptors? If so, where do they point?

0, 1 and 2, which are connected to the console. Boot a kernel with
"init=/bin/bash" and see for yourself.

Mike.
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