1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index ce2f237c7..75a659911 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -447,7 +447,8 @@ extern int init_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     
 #ifndef DEBUG_INIT
-    if (getpid() != 1) {
+    /* Expect to be PID 1 iff we are run as init (not linuxrc) */
+    if (getpid() != 1 && strstr(argv[0], "init")!=NULL ) {
         usage( "init\n\nInit is the parent of all processes.\n\n"
                 "This version of init is designed to be run only by the kernel\n");
     }