/etc/inittab usage chagned?

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
> I have an older embedded box running busybox 1.4.2.  This inittab file
> correctly launches both openvpn and rsync.
>
> ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS S boot
> ::shutdown:/etc/init.d/rcS K stop
> tts/0::askfirst:/bin/ash --login
> ttyS0::askfirst:/bin/ash --login
> tty1::askfirst:/bin/ash --login
> ::respawn:/usr/sbin/openvpn --writepid /var/run/openvpn.server.pid --config
> /etc/openvpn/client.conf
> ::respawn:/usr/bin/rsync --daemon --no-detach
>
> However, on a newer 1.14.2 busybox, neither of the "respawn" items gets
> launched.  Has something changed?

Try narrowing it down. Does 1.14.4 work? (Unlikely, but why not do
a quick test, right?) Does 1.15.3 work?

> I've tried a couple of other test cases, and nothing tagged "respawn" gets
> run.
>
> What am I missing?

Please post your .config
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