System Administration Guide

Example--Default inittab File

The following example shows an annotated default inittab file:

 [STREAMS module initialization] ap::sysinit:/sbin/autopush -f /etc/iu.ap
 [Configures transport providers used by sockets. The sock2path file contains
a socket to transport provider map.] ap::sysinit:/sbin/soconfig -f /etc/sock2path
 [File system check] fs::sysinit:/sbin/rcS  >/dev/console 2>&1 </dev/console
 [Default run level] is:3:initdefault:
 [Power fail shutdown] p3:s1234:powerfail:/sbin/shutdown -y -i5 -g0 >/dev/console 2>&1 </dev/console
 [Run level 0] s0:0:wait:/sbin/rc0 >/dev/console 2>&1 </dev/console
 [Run level 2] s1:1:wait:/sbin/shutdown -y -iS -g0 >/dev/console 2>&1 </dev/console
 [Run level 3] s2:23:wait:/sbin/rc2 >/dev/console 2>&1 </dev/console
 [Run level 1] s3:3:wait:/sbin/rc3 >/dev/console 2>&1 </dev/console
 [Run level 5] s5:5:wait:/sbin/rc5 >/dev/console 2>&1 </dev/console
 [Run level 6] s6:6:wait:/sbin/rc6 >/dev/console 2>&1 </dev/console
 [Firmware] fw:0:wait:/sbin/uadmin 2 0 >/dev/console 2>&1 </dev/console
 [Off] of:5:wait:/sbin/uadmin 2 6 >/dev/console 2>&1 </dev/console
 [Reboot] rb:6:wait:/sbin/uadmin 2 1 >/dev/console 2>&1
 [Service access controller initialization] sc:234:respawn:/usr/lib/saf/sac -t 300
 [Console initialization] co:234:respawn:/usr/lib/saf/ttymon -g -h -p "`uname -n` console  login: " 
-T terminal_type -d /dev/console -l console -m ldterm,ttcompat