Re: init spawning multiple cf-execd processes at once

[Lorenzo Beretta <lory.fulgi@infinito.it>]

On 07/21/2014 02:39 PM, Jimmy Thrasibule wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've added a new line to the /etc/inittab file to monitor the CFEngine
> daemon and restart it in case this one dies.
>
>      cfe:2345:respawn:/var/cfengine/bin/cf-execd
>
> The cf-execd is re-spawned as expected, except the fact that multiple
> processes are created at once.
>
> I therefore have about 20+ cf-execd processes running where I only need 1.
>
> Any idea what's causing this and how to solve it?
>
> Regards,
> Jimmy
If you start things from /etc/inittab, you must make sure they do not 
fork; I have no idea what cf-execd does, but its manpage mentions the 
--no-fork option :)
(If a process in inittab is spawned more than N times, init will stop 
respawining it for a while)