Re: [SLUG] Inittab process respawning too fast

[Howard Lowndes <lannet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try looking for a lock file somewhere.

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On Tue, 29 May 2001 marty@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > I have an inittab process that is respawning too fast (keep getting
> > error messages) and I can not work out how to fix it - any assistance
> > welcome.
> 
> the process is exiting as soon as init starts it, so init has invoked a safeguard to 
> prevent system overload...
> 
> to stop the messages, comment the service out in /etc/inittab and restart init...
> 
> then you can start the service manually and debug it...
> 
> i have similar problems with misconfigured mgetty processes...
> 
> later
> marty
> 
>