erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend) (06/11/89)
From lenny's README that he packaged with his fsck/rc neato package.
>(yes, you can edit /etc/inittab carefully).
What's the problem with editing /etc/inittab? I've done this on
a variety of UNIX systems for hte past couple of years. Usually
it's when I'm setting up terminals or logins...
Yes, I see the big warning at the top of /etc/inittab. But when
kermit hangs, and I have to init q to restore things, I usually
have to change /etc/inittab as well. (Am I doing this the hard
way?)
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J. Eric Townsend-flatline!erict EastEnders Maillist: eastender@flatline.UUCPrjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin) (06/11/89)
In article <724@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend) writes: > >From lenny's README that he packaged with his fsck/rc neato package. >>(yes, you can edit /etc/inittab carefully). > >What's the problem with editing /etc/inittab? I've done this on >a variety of UNIX systems for hte past couple of years. Usually >it's when I'm setting up terminals or logins... Because, on the 3b1, your friendly phone manager, et.al., are just thrilled as punch that they can edit /etc/inittab whenever they feel like it, so they do. It's actually a moderadely important part of using the OBM. So, editing /etc/inittab is perfectly fine, but if you install or change something through the "normal" procedures, don't be entirely surprised if you notice something has changed... -- ________Robert J. Granvin________ INTERNET: rjg@sialis.mn.org ____National Computer Systems____ CONFUSED: rjg%sialis.mn.org@shamash.cdc.com __National Information Services__ UUCP: ...uunet!rosevax!sialis!rjg "Exxon: Our gasoline contains no sea water"
gst@gnosys.UUCP (Gary S. Trujillo) (06/11/89)
In article <724@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend) writes: > > From lenny's README that he packaged with his fsck/rc neato package. > >(yes, you can edit /etc/inittab carefully). > > What's the problem with editing /etc/inittab? I've done this on > a variety of UNIX systems for hte past couple of years... I recently had an experience where I carelessly made a change to /etc/inittab that resulted in several hours of trying to figure out why the phone manager display ("VOICE 1:IDLE DATA2:xxx"-where xxx is filled in by Lenny's phdaemon) had disappeared. (No, I don't use the phone manager, but I do like the display, as it gives phdaemon a place to hang its hat.) What happened is that I changed :ph1:2:respawn:/usr/lib/uucp/uugetty -r -t60 ph1 1200 to ph1:2:respawn:/usr/lib/uucp/uugetty -r -t60 ph1 1200 (no leading space), rather than to ph1:2:respawn:/usr/lib/uucp/uugetty -r -t60 ph1 1200 thinking to restart uugetty, which I had manually disabled while testing an external modem on the serial port. Even rebooting didn't help. I assume that the phone manager figured it wasn't wanted, since there was no device for it to handle, so it just didn't bother starting up. -- Gary S. Trujillo {linus,bbn,m2c}!spdcc!gnosys!gst Somerville, Massachusetts {icus,ima,stech,wjh12}!gnosys!gst
lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) (06/18/89)
In article <724@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend) writes: |> |>From lenny's README that he packaged with his fsck/rc neato package. |>>(yes, you can edit /etc/inittab carefully). |> |>What's the problem with editing /etc/inittab? I've done this on |>a variety of UNIX systems for hte past couple of years. Usually |>it's when I'm setting up terminals or logins... |> ... It was a joke! :-) ... I simply meant be careful when modifying that file, leaving off blanks in the beginning can really confuse the UNIX pc /etc/init process. -Lenny -- Lenny Tropiano ICUS Software Systems [w] +1 (516) 589-7930 lenny@icus.islp.ny.us Telex; 154232428 ICUS [h] +1 (516) 968-8576 {ames,talcott,decuac,hombre,pacbell,sbcs}!icus!lenny attmail!icus!lenny ICUS Software Systems -- PO Box 1; Islip Terrace, NY 11752