[Ma-linux] Re: [Novalug] Another service running, need advice

DonJr djr1952@hotpop.com
Tue Dec 11 21:51:02 EST 2007


Kevin,
  Are you trying to be FUNNY?
  Or do you really just don't know?

The following is from "man init"
DESCRIPTION
   Init
     Init is the parent of all processes. Its primary role is to create
     processes from a script stored in the file /etc/inittab (see  init‐
     tab(5)). This file usually has entries which cause init to spawn
     gettys on each line that users can log in. It also controls
     autonomous processes required by any particular system.

Normally on Linux systems, if '/sbin/init' (with a process ID of 1) ever
dies the system will REBOOT or HALT (depending on the kernel
version/configuration), unless things are to far gone.



-- DonJr

On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 21:28 -0500, Kevin Dwyer wrote:
> There's a pretty boring process called init that runs all the time,
> well after the computer has finished initializing itself, thus wasting
> precious bytes of resources.  It doesn't come with a script in init.d,
> but you can just go ahead and kill it.  You'll have to kill it as
> root, but it should go without a fight. 
> 
> -kpd
> 






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