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Old 12-23-2003
I am sorry Perderabo,

I read your post but I don't know how to do that. Should I change the directory I'm in?
I was reading how to use the inittab command. I know this is the format:
id:rstate:action: process
The id is the process id?, the action is respawn, and what should I write in process??

Or should I just enter the inittab directory???

I'm sorry... please be patient.
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Old 12-23-2003
Well, you're going to need to edit a file. Do you know how to do that? Is there anyone who can help you out with that?

inittab is a file, not a program to run. The file already has a line in it for ttys12. It will be easy to find. It will be the only line with "ttys12" in it. The action field will have "respawn". This is why it pops back into existence when you kill it. You need to change "respawn" to "off".


After you change the file, you must make "init" reread it. That is where the "telinit q" or "init q" comes in.

The id in inittab is not a pid. It is just a "name" for the line. Each line in the file needs a unique id.
 
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