On 14.08.17 11:43, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi everybody, > I discovered recently, after re-installing my system with the Debian 9.1 kde > live dvd, that the /etc/inittab is no more present, although > all the documentation I found still mentions it, For example, from the Debian > wiki: > > The system initialization process is handled by the init daemon. > The ?/etc/inittab configuration tells init what to do. Especially it > contains the lines : > > Nevertheless, the boot seems to work corectly without it, and without > /etc/init.d/rc. > Does that means that the Debian wiki is out of date, or did I miss something?
Yup, but it hasn't missed you. We no longer run Linux, but rather, Systemdix. In Debian, systemd is inexorably replacing swathes of traditional *nix functionality which we have over several decades learnt to use and rely on. With Systemdix, we not only acquire a M$-style impenetrable monolithic kitchen sink, but lose the interfaces with which we are familiar. My Debian 7.8 machine still has /etc/inittab, but the new 9.0 machine doesn't. AIUI, though, it is not necessary to go back to the old versions, as it is possible to replace systemd in stretch with a sysv package. In fact, the first hit for "debian stretch sysvinit" is "Debian Stretch - Without Systemd" Jackpot! http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/Debian_Stretch Now, if that brings back ifconfig as well, I won't have to rummage about finding which package that might be in. It's fine to add new stuff to *nix, but the user interface for existing stuff has to remain, or it's not worth a biscuit. (c.f. postfix, which provides a sendmail-style interface for us old-timers.) Erik
