[sysmon-help] Starting sysmon from /etc/inittab

[Jared Mauch]

On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 09:10:05PM -0600, Jim Vaughan wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> When I start sysmond via an entry in /etc/inittab like this:
> 
>     sm:3:respawn:/usr/local/bin/sysmond
> 
> init tells me that sysmond is respawning too fast.  I assume that this is
> because sysmond is forking (a) child process(es), or something like that.

	Yes, this is correct.

> When I start sysmond from /etc/inittab with the "-d" option like this:
> 
>     sm:3:respawn:/usr/local/bin/sysmond -d
> 
> all is well, and when I kill the sysmond process, it promptly respawns.
> 
> What am I missing out on by using the "-d" option?  If I should NOT be using
> the "-d", then is there a way to make sysmond behave correctly under init?

	This is what you want to use, the -d option.

	It just tells sysmon to not fork, that's it.

	- jared

> 
> Thanks, JV.
> 
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