Try looking for a lock file somewhere.
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On Tue, 29 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I have an inittab process that is respawning too fast (keep getting
> > error messages) and I can not work out how to fix it - any assistance
> > welcome.
>
> the process is exiting as soon as init starts it, so init has invoked a safeguard to
> prevent system overload...
>
> to stop the messages, comment the service out in /etc/inittab and restart init...
>
> then you can start the service manually and debug it...
>
> i have similar problems with misconfigured mgetty processes...
>
> later
> marty
>
>
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