Re: syslogd will not start

[Elie Rosenblum <fnord@cosanostra.net>]

On Sat, 5 Apr 1997, Ken Gaugler wrote:
> According to the manpages,
> 
>        -n     Avoid auto-backgrounding. This is needed especially
>               if   the  syslogd  is  started  and  controlled  by
>               init(8).
> My system, originally a 1.1 system, has syslog starting from the
> /etc/init.d/sysklogd file.  This is init, as far as I know.

When it says 'starting from init', it means 'starting from /etc/inittab.'

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