Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!amdcad!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!unido!tub!tmpmbx!netmbx!fischer From: fischer@netmbx.UUCP (Axel Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: idleout won't let /etc/rc exit, and CMS tape driver Message-ID: <2096@netmbx.UUCP> Date: 1 Feb 89 09:30:26 GMT References: <303@alzabo.UUCP> Reply-To: fischer@netmbx.UUCP (Axel Fischer) Organization: netmbx Public Access Unix, Berlin, West Germany Lines: 22 In article <303@alzabo.UUCP> brian@alzabo.UUCP (Brian Hilchie) writes: >If I try to start an idleout daemon by putting it in the initialization >scripts the process /bin/sh /etc/rc won't exit after the boot is >complete. Anybody know why this happens and how I can fix it? I would try: /etc/idlestop & By the way, if you are using the PD idlestop.c that was posted to the net some time ago - I contains a nice litte bug in the user() function. I looks as it runs perfectly ok - but it won't throw any User out and core dumps in the /etc directory. Change the mailer in user() or fix the sendmail Options. After this I'm very happy with it- no more problems. Thanks to manes@MASA.com for this nice little program. -Axel -- Domain: fischer@netmbx.UUCP Europe: ...!tmpmbx!netmbx!fischer Rest of world: ...!uunet!pyramid!tmpmbx!netmbx!fischer =====> Beam me up, Scotty - there is no intelligent life down here ! <=====