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deepforest

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[SOLVED] init: No inittab.d directory found during boot log

All works but i want to know what this message mean?

Last edited by deepforest (2022-03-23 22:41:34)

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fsmithred

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Re: [SOLVED] init: No inittab.d directory found during boot log

The *.d directories are a place for the administrator to put customized configurations that will not be wiped out if a new version of the config file is installed/upgraded. Something is programmed to check for files in that directory, and it's letting you know that there's nothing there.

It should be safe to ignore. I don't have that directory on my chimaera or daedalus installations.

deepforest

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Re: [SOLVED] init: No inittab.d directory found during boot log

Thanks foe reply!

What can i do that the this message doesn't appear? Or simply just ignore it?)

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chris2be8

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Re: [SOLVED] init: No inittab.d directory found during boot log

mkdir /etc/inittab.d as root might get rid of the message.

What is the full text of the message? And what other messages came out at the same time? Those might tell us what is generating the message. Look for it in syslog, dmesg, boot.log etc.

deepforest

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Re: [SOLVED] init: No inittab.d directory found during boot log

mkdir /etc/inittab.d as root might get rid of the message.

What is the full text of the message? And what other messages came out at the same time? Those might tell us what is generating the message. Look for it in syslog, dmesg, boot.log etc.

Thank you very much! After creation of dir "/etc/inittab.d" no any warning messages at booting)

Last edited by deepforest (2022-04-01 18:15:56)

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Re: [SOLVED] init: No inittab.d directory found during boot log

INIT: no inittab.d directory found

Altoid

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Re: [SOLVED] init: No inittab.d directory found during boot log

Hello:

INIT: no inittab.d directory found

My box runs on Devuan Daedalus ...

~$ uname -a
Linux devuan 6.1.0-44-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.164-1 (2026-03-09) x86_64 GNU/Linux
~$ 

... and I also get that printout in /var/log/syslog:

$ cat /var/log/syslog | grep inittab
Mar 15 04:08:48 localhost init: No inittab.d directory found
Mar 15 07:53:41 devuan init: No inittab.d directory found
Mar 15 10:10:50 devuan init: No inittab.d directory found
Mar 15 14:11:47 devuan init: No inittab.d directory found
$

That printout is not present in anywhere else.
ie: /boot, /debug, /kern.log, /messages or /user.log.

My system does not have a /etc/inittab.d directory but it is quite evident that some part of sysvinit routine is looking for it.

Something is programmed to check for files in that directory, and it's letting you know that there's nothing there.

Indeed ...
See here: https://fossies.org/linux/sysvinit/src/init.c

I think the best is to create the directory and remove the warning from the log.
It has probably been removed from the Debian installation process because systemd does not need it.

But Devuan does not use systemd.

Best,

A.

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