In Linux, the /etc/inittab file describes the processes started during boot-up. Each entry in the /etc/inittab file is divided into four parts, separated by colons (:). The third field in an /etc/inittab entry is _______.
Computers and Technology · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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The third field in an /etc/inittab entry is the action field. This field specifies the action that init must perform when the process reaches the runlevel specified in the second field. The action field can contain keywords like 'respawn', 'wait', 'once', 'boot', 'bootwait', 'off', 'ondemand', 'initdefault', 'sysinit', 'powerwait', 'powerfail', 'powerfailnow', 'powerokwait', 'ctrlaltdel', 'kbrequest', or 'process'. Each of these keywords defines a specific behavior for how the init process should handle the corresponding entry.