Re: syslogd will not start

[joey@tapiola.infodrom.north.de (Martin Schulze)]

Elie Rosenblum writes:
> 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.'

Correct, you got it.

Joey

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