Although somewhat deprecated as TonyFullerMalv stated, inittab entries are still supported with Solaris 10. Your entry should just work. Perhaps your communicator program is simply failing to execute. Have a look at the system console for error messages like:
Hi guys,
For some reason a client has given us a Sun Netra T1 with Solaris 8 to administer for them. That's always good business. However, the other day we rebooted the machine and to our amazement, after doing the preliminary hardware tests, we got an error messgae saying that /etc/inittab was... (3 Replies)
Hi!
Is it possible to add more ttys in Solaris, like with inittab in Linux? I want to switch between the ttys with Alt F1+F2+F3 .... like Linux does.
How can i do this? (1 Reply)
Hi,
In Solaris 9 and below release we are using the rc script in inittab. I don't have much idea abt inittab in Solaris.
In Solris 9 and below:
We use rc3 script to start up the server. And we run database script before the rc3.
os:23:respawn:/etc/init.d/database start >/dev/null 2>&1... (7 Replies)
Hi masters
Is there any way to edit or delete an entry in inittab file without using vi or any editors?
We can use commands instead or any shell script ..
If any one can help deeply appreciated
Thanks a lot
sai (3 Replies)
Hi
currently my linux instance is running in runlevel 3 ( someone has set the default to 3)
i have to change it to runlevel 5 . my question
1) does the editing of /etc/inittab needs system restart to enter runlevel 5.
2) how can we avoid system restart because if some users are... (3 Replies)
Today there was a situation where processes running from inittab was broken. Can someone help me understand, how to find out, who might have stopped those processes? Or how does it get broken?
G (2 Replies)
I am installing BusyBox on a device that does not have keyboard or serial connection, so I log into the system with SSH. I am in doubt about what to put in the inittab file. This is the content of the file:
::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
::respawn:/bin/login
::shutdown:/sbin/swapoff -a... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
I am booting by Linux box with the run level 3 and it gets booted successfully.
I want to execute a script once the system is up and running in the run level 3. I was trying to add a entry to /etc/inittab to execute my script once the system is up.
I have added the below... (5 Replies)
Hi All,
Please help me and guide me to write a bash/shell script on Linux box to delete parent entry with all their child entries.
example:
Parent is :
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dn: email=yogesh.kumar@wipro.com, o=wipro, o=in
child is:
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dn: cn: yogesh kumar, email=yogesh.kumar@wipro.com,... (1 Reply)
Hi to all ,
i wrote a small script and i add it to inittab to start the script during Startup. The script works fine , if i call it from the prompt but if it is call from inittab it is runnng too but it does not recognize system variable like USER , LOGNAME.
Since i running out of ideas i... (12 Replies)