Questions tagged [init]
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No init found. Try passing init= bootarg. ( linux fedora 14 - rackspace )
I have a server on Rackspace. It was working just fine. But this morning I found that it wasn't working, after a hard reboot (suggested by a rackspace chat support guy).
I found that it was giving me the error:
Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom…

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linux, set affinity for init
What is a most convenient way to set affinity mask for init process in linux (debian) on the startup the system?
I know about taskset, but i want set affinity mask for init on it's startup, so all processes will inherit it.
Thank you.

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What creates /dev/stderr in FC14?
I'm wondering what creates /dev/stderr on FC14. rpm -qf doesn't show any package ownership. I've dug through the init scripts and can't find it anywhere.
To provide some context, I'm creating a chroot'd jail to start with lxc.

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Do something with Apache's root PID before it forks
I need to set a property on the root Apache process which in inherited by its children (e.g. oom_adj, cgroup membership). However, Apache will fork itself as soon as it starts.
Using $$ in the init.d script doesn't seem to work - nothing is…

Vladimir Panteleev
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Task on server shutdown and up
Which is the best way to run a script upon server restart and when server is up again?
e.g. When services will be unavailable:
irc_notify "Server is going down"
when all services are available:
irc_notify "Server is up again"
Server shutdown may…

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How can I login on all linux terminals at once?
I always use more than one terminal, but always have to type login information in each one before using. How can I specify in inittab to only prompt for login info in tty1, and after successiful login automatically logon with the same user in all…

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Using ex in init scripts
I'm using ex to modify configuration files from an /etc/init.d/CONFIG script.
I'm using debian squeeze (updated yesterday)
My problem is:
It's impossible to start ex / vi in init scripts with the vi / ex package of the current squeeze system.
There…

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Changing /lib directory from initramfs to mounted partition's /lib
I want to change the /lib loaded from initramfs to a mounted partition's /lib ideally without having to rm the initramfs' /lib and then symlink-ing to the new /lib.
The problem with this approach is that once I delete the original /lib, my binaries…

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Correct way to treat iptables init failure?
I'm initializing my iptables rules via /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables, using iptables-restore. This works fine, but I'm a bit worried about what would happen, if that script failed for some reason (maybe the saved iptables file is corrupt or…

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Kubernetes Init timed out
Here is my configuration and I am trying to init and node as the master node i.e. control plane node. So I am trying to route traffic between master node and the worker nodes using a HA-Proxy node which is external machine outside of this cluster.…
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Run custom s6 script in docker container once only
I'm using automation (ansible) to deploy a dockerised app (gitea). The app runs s6 in its docker entrypoint.
I want to run my own script:
after the container's first load (so the files and db are ready)
at most once
OPTION 1:
I thought to add a…

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Why is technically possible for init to be a shell script?
I'm currently studying the boot process and composition of the different aspects of a GNU/Linux system and I can't rationaly explain this thing : you can write init inside an initramfs file as a shell script .
Init is supposed to be the first…

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Linux init script service - delay until mysql socket is ready
How does one go about delaying a service init script in Linux until the MySQL socket exists? Does the sleep command in a startup script delay the entire boot process, or are init scripts each executed by a different thread to prevent blocking?
I am…

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Auto starting rc at startup
So here are the steps i am following . So i add a conf file inside
/etc/init.d/myconffile
And then to get System start/stop links i have to use the command
sudo update-rc.d myconffile defaults 99 2 3 4 5
And then if i reboot Ubuntu server the…

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