inittab(5) File Formats Manual inittab(5)NAME
inittab - init daemon configuration
SYNOPSIS
/etc/inittab
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/inittab file was the configuration file used by the original System V init(8) daemon.
The Upstart init(8) daemon does not use this file, and instead reads its configuration from files in /etc/init. See init(5) for more
details.
SEE ALSO init(8)init(5)Upstart 2009-07-09 inittab(5)
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INITSCRIPT(5) Linux System Administrator's Manual INITSCRIPT(5)NAME
initscript - script that executes inittab commands.
SYNOPSIS
/bin/sh /etc/initscript id runlevels action process
DESCRIPTION
When the shell script /etc/initscript is present, init will use it to execute the commands from inittab. This script can be used to set
things like ulimit and umask default values for every process.
EXAMPLES
This is a sample initscript, which might be installed on your system as /etc/initscript.sample.
#
# initscript Executed by init(8) for every program it
# wants to spawn like this:
#
# /bin/sh /etc/initscript <id> <level> <action> <process>
#
# Set umask to safe level, and enable core dumps.
umask 022
ulimit -c 2097151
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
export PATH
# Increase the hard file descriptor limit for all processes
# to 8192. The soft limit is still 1024, but any unprivileged
# process can increase its soft limit up to the hard limit
# with "ulimit -Sn xxx" (needs a 2.2.13 or later Linux kernel).
ulimit -Hn 8192
# Execute the program.
eval exec "$4"
NOTES
This script is not meant as startup script for daemons or somesuch. It has nothing to do with a rc.local style script. It's just a handler
for things executed from /etc/inittab. Experimenting with this can make your system un(re)bootable.
FILES
/etc/inittab, /etc/initscript.
AUTHOR
Miquel van Smoorenburg ,<miquels@cistron.nl>
SEE ALSO init(8), inittab(5).
July 10, 2003 INITSCRIPT(5)
Hi
I'd like to know if to reboot a work station I need the root permission.
If not what is the procedure ( commands or steps ) to reboot a work station.
Cheers
Mohsen (5 Replies)
suse linux comes default installed with a graphic console....is there any way to switch this to a regular black-on-white text-mode console?
any help would be appreciated.
okay,
-nydel (6 Replies)
What tools can I use to accomplish this?
I'm writing a shell script to analyze an inittab file. Here's a sample file:
init:3:initdefault:
ioin::sysinit:/sbin/ioinitrc >/dev/console 2>&1
tape::sysinit:/sbin/mtinit > /dev/console 2>&1
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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 All,
May be a dumb question to old AIX hacks, if so apologize.
I have worked with /etc/inittab on SCO, but apparently with AIX you should use the 'mkitab' command to add entries instead of just vi'ing the file.
I just need a daemon process (script called 'dpr_daemon') to kick off once and... (19 Replies)
Hello,
I'm having a problem starting the cron daemon automatically from inittab, let me provide the details below:
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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..
When i was just looking throught /etc/inittab file..
i had stuck with some problems that i dont known in shell scripts
Here how the lablel like
si
ca
lo
l1
etc works..
do scripts proivide any label features..
please help...
thanks in advance
esham (3 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 All,
I am getting an error message when I execute command “zlogin -C sunsrv4z5” on my root server.
INIT: Cannot stat /etc/inittab, errno: 2
INIT: Cannot stat /etc/inittab, errno: 2
As per my analysis it seems that some files inside /etc folder are deleted.
This server was... (14 Replies)
Hi, can someone point me to the bootup file where I can add a samba start up script so I dont have to manually start samba everytime we reboot the server? Thanks. (8 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)
Hi All,
I am booting by Linux box with the run level 3 and it gets booted successfully.
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I have added the below... (5 Replies)
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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)