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INITT AB ( 4 ) INITT AB ( 4 )
FILES
off If the process associated with this entry is
currently running, send the warning signal
(SIGTERM) and wait 20 seconds before
forcibly terminating the process via the kill
signal (SIGKILL). If the process is nonexistent,
ignore the entry.
ondema.nd This instruction is really a synonym for
the respa.wn action. It is functionally
identical to respa.wn but is given a
different keyword in order to divorce its
association with run-levels. This is used
only with the a., b or c values described in
the rstate field.
initdefa.ult An entry with this action is only scanned
when init is initially invoked. [nit uses
this entry, if it exists, to determine which
run-level to enter initially. It does this by
taking the highest run-level specified in the
rsta.te field and using that as its initial
state. If the rstate field is empty, this is
interpreted as 0123456 and so init will
enter run-level 6. Also, the initdefa.ult
entry cannot specify that init start in the
SINGLE USER state. Additionally, if init
doesn't find an initdefault entry in
/ etcfinittab, then it will request an initial
run-level from the user at reboot time.
sysinit Entries of this type are executed before
init tries to access the console. It is
expected that this entry will be only used
to initialize devices on which init might try
to ask the run-level question. These
entries are executed and waited for before
continuing.
process This is a sh command to be executed. The entire process
field is prefixed with exec and passed to a forked sh
as sh -c 'exec command'. For this reason, any legal sh
syntax can appear in the the process field. Comments
can be inserted with the ; #comment syntax.
/etc/inittab
SEE ALSO
getty( 1M), init( lM) in the UNIX System Administrator's Manual .
sh(l), who( l), exec(2), open(2), signal(2).
BUGS
On the UNIX PC the inittab file is often manipulated by userlevel
Administration functions performed through the Office.
Haphazard modification by the user of /etc/inittab can
thoroughly confuse this set of functions.
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