Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 22:09:12 +1000 From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au> To: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: process monitoring tool (like SysV init)? Message-ID: <199705221209.WAA00252@topaz.nemeton.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199705220518.PAA07067@ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au>
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On Thu, 22 May 1997 15:18:18 +1000 Stephen McKay wrote: > I like the idea of a nanny type program, but can't decide whether it should > be merged with init, much like System V, or kept separate like inetd. Keep it separate. I built it in once, and tossed the code: - runlevels and monitoring processes aren't the same thing - complexity is nasty: o you keep /etc/ttys o you don't keep /etc/ttys o people are confused either way - runlevels o you leave them out o you put them in (Solaris model) o you put them in (HP-UX model o you put them in (some other model) o people are confused no matter what - if you do runlevels, where do you store them? o 4.4BSD has read only root at single user o kernel variable is ugly and inappropriate Just write a nanny process, call it nanny or spawnd or a.out but *not* init and get on with life. :-) Giles
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