[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [1] The single most puzzling to me is this (in daemon.log and in > syslog): > > Sep 1 23:03:26 debian init: Trying to re-exec init > > I thought init was run only at boot time and when changing > run-levels. What could bring about an attempt to restart it when the > system is up but idling? Is this terminally strange, or have I > misunderstood something?
libc arranges for init to restart when it is upgraded. r u tell init to re-execute itself (preserving the state). No re-examining of /etc/inittab file happens. Run level should be one of Ss12345, otherwise request would be silently ignored. -- see shy jo