jlliagre is right - It is no longer necessary to edit the /etc/inittab file directly. Administrators should use the Solaris Service Management Facility (SMF) to define services instead. Refer to smf(5) and the System Administration Guide: Basic Administration for more information on SMF.
Why?
SMF is much more difficult to understand and manage than one line in /etc/inittab, and SMF is non-portable. Knowing how to apply the functionality of init and inittab is useful on Linux and Solaris and probably AIX, HP-UX, BSD, and Apple's OS X.
PS - Please don't quote the work of others without attribution. Your post is lifted verbatim from the contents of /etc/inittab and the contents of "man inittab" on Solaris:
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Thanks in advance.
Regards,
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Hi reader,
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