[lug] DNS and init

[rm at fabula.de]

On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 02:47:39PM -0500, Hugh Brown wrote:
> I think I remember that this was just the difference between the System
> V derivates and the BSD derivates.
> 
> In AIX for instance, /etc/inittab is flush with entries for starting all
> sorts of daemons.  In Linux, it's mostly in the runlevels.


Sorry for jumping in so late. I think "runlevel" is the key word here.
Quite a lot of services/daemons depend on other services to run at all.
To have a working DNS or firewall the network has to be up and running.
The runlevel style of startup gives you just this -- control over what
runs when.
As a side note: i think it's time for a better init system. Something
that can do backtracking and try several alternative ways to start up
a system (Prolog? LISP?).

    Ralf

> 
> I remember reading this in Essential Unix System Administration by
> Frisch.
> 
> One thing I did notice is that in Linux the labels in /etc/inittab is
> limited to four characters.
> 
> Hugh
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2002-02-03 at 23:34, Chip Atkinson wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > Is there a good reason to not put named and some other daemons into
> > /etc/inittab?  It seems like a good idea on the surface but I haven't seen
> > it done much.  It seems to be a pretty obvious idea so there must be some
> > reason for it not being done.  Can anyone shed some light on this?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > Chip
> > 
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