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Date:      Thu, 17 May 2001 08:43:24 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Jeff Kreska <jkreska@kreska.org>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: changes needed to /etc/ttys to enable inittab functionality
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105170839310.35203-100000@c528925-a.plano1.tx.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <15106.63911.242900.337038@guru.mired.org>

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On Wed, 16 May 2001, Mike Meyer wrote:

> Jeff Kreska <jkreska@kreska.org> types:
> > I searched the archives and can't find any info on how to enable
> > /etc/inittab functionality.
> 
> If you really want /etc/inittab, you need to install a SysV-like
> system instead of FreeBSD. If you have something specific you're
> trying to do, you might ask about that and someone here can probably
> tell you the BSD way to do it.
>

My named keeps core dumping, and I just wanted to have a proc monitor it
and restart it when it dies.  I noticed in the man page for init, that
something could be added to /etc/ttys to enable /etc/inittab
functionality.  I thought inittab would be perfect for restarting a
problematic daemon.



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