inittab

inittab - File that supplies scripts to init.

 inittab(4) inittab(4) NAME inittab - script for the boot init process DESCRIPTION The /etc/inittab file supplies the script to the boot init daemon in its role as a general process dispatcher (see init(1M)). The process that constitutes the majority of boot init's process dispatching activities is the line process /usr/sbin/getty that initiates individual terminal lines. Other processes typically dispatched by boot init are daemons and shells. The inittab file is composed of entries that are position-dependent and have the following format: id:rstate:action:process Each entry is delimited ...

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