Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!wivax!linus!allegra!eagle!mit-vax!mit-eddi!smh From: smh@mit-eddi.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Too many inits Message-ID: <220@mit-eddi.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Jun-83 11:57:11 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.220 Posted: Fri Jun 3 11:57:11 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Jun-83 02:19:11 EDT References: brunix.3151 Lines: 12 I was one of the wizards who politely replied to the original query explaining how many init's was perfectly normal. (I do resent the implication that it was wrong for me to present the obvious information to someone who appeared to be a beginner -- but let that pass...) Let's deal with technical issues, which are much more fun. If the extra inits were created by someone running them from shell level explicitly, how is it that they couldn't be killed? In the original query, I naturally assumed that the inits were being recreated with new process numbers by the master init, but now I'm not so sure... Perhaps Vahe could explain what gives?