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Sysvinit Cheat Sheet: by Via

This document provides a cheat sheet on configuring and controlling the System V init process on Linux systems. It outlines the inittab configuration file and syntax, inittab actions like wait and respawn, and describes how to control init using commands like telinit. It also explains the role of the /etc/init.d and rc*.d directories in starting and stopping services, and lists the standard Linux runlevels.

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Sysvinit Cheat Sheet: by Via

This document provides a cheat sheet on configuring and controlling the System V init process on Linux systems. It outlines the inittab configuration file and syntax, inittab actions like wait and respawn, and describes how to control init using commands like telinit. It also explains the role of the /etc/init.d and rc*.d directories in starting and stopping services, and lists the standard Linux runlevels.

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sysvinit Cheat Sheet

by misterrabinhalder via cheatography.com/35799/cs/19547/

Config​uration Inittab Actions Link Farm

Config​uration File wait Determine when and how The contents of the rc*.d direct​ories are
/etc/i​nittab System V init runs the command actually symbolic links to files in yet another
respawn Run the command that follows directory, init.d. A large number of symbolic
Config​uration Syntax
and, if the command finishes links across several subdir​ect​ories such as
id:2:i​nit​def​ault: this is called a link farm.
executing, to run it again
id - A unique indent​ifier
ctrlaltdel Controls what the system does
2 - The applicable runlevel number Contro​lling System V init
when you press CTRL + ALT +
initde​fault - The action that init should
DEL telinit 3 Switch to runlevel 3
take
(optional) A command to execute sysinit Run this action except when in telinit q Reload inittab file
emergency mode telinit s Switch to single​-user mode
Config​uration Direct​ories
initde​‐ This is the default action
/etc/i​nit.d/
fault
/etc/r​c$.d/

Runlevels
Starting and Stopping Services
0 Halt
To start and stop services by hand, use the
1 Single​-user text mode
script in the /etc/i​nit.d directory. For
example, one way to start the httpd daemon 2 Not used (user-​def​inable)
manually is to run /etc/i​nit.d/​httpd start. 3 Full multi-user text mode
Similarly, to kill a running service, you can
4 Not used (user-​def​inable)
use the stop argument. See, /etc/i​nit.d/​httpd
5 Full multi-user graphical mode (with an
for supported argument.
X-based login screen)
6 Reboot

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