[lug] The init process

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Fri, 01 May 2009 08:17:17 -0600
Ken Weinert <kenw at quarter-flash.com> wrote:

> I'm having an issue at work that I'm trying to solve.
> 
> This is regarding the VPN I need.
> 
> This, by the way, all worked on my Ubuntu install but due to 3rd
> party libraries we're using I had to install CentOS and the problems
> started.
> 
> They have a web site that you have to log in to and it does a
> security check. It checks anti-virus stuff on Windows and on Linux
> systems it looks for /sbin/init.
> 
> The problem is that it doesn't look to see if /sbin/init is there, it 
> checks to see if /sbin/init is *running*.
> 
> That is the difference.  On my Ubuntu box when I run ps I see that 
> /sbin/init is running. On CentOS what's running is just  init.

Yeah, this is centos4? I think it's just an artifact of that version of
init that was shipped back then. 
> 
> Is there a way to modify the CentOS boot process so the full path
> shows when you run ps?

Not that I know of off hand. ;( 

Perhaps try the centos-users list?

or talk to the web site vendor and tell them their tool is broken. ;)

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Oh, pointers to where this is talked about is fine - I just couldn't 
> find anything when I searched earlier.

kevin
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