/etc/inittab file having duplicate entries -one script does n't fire

[ramprakash surulirajan]

I have two entries like on /etc/inittab file:
mFlm:2345:wait:sh /etc/mflmrcscript > /dev/null 2>&1

mFlm:2345:wait:sh /opt/lib/cobol/aslmf/appinit.sh > /dev/null 2>&1

The second script does n't fire at all when system boots.Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? Is the duplicate id field "mFlm" the cause of this? Please help on this? Ths system i am using is 11.00 system

[Ross Zubritski]

mFlm must be unique:

The entry fields are:

id A one- to four-character value used to uniquely
identify an entry. Duplicate entries cause an error
message to be issued, but are otherwise ignored. The
use of a four-character value to identify an entry is
strongly recommended (see WARNINGS below).

Regards,

RZ

[Ross Zubritski]

The inittab file is composed of entries that are position-dependent
and have the following format:

id:rstate:action:process

Sorry.

RZ

[ramprakash surulirajan]

I tried mFlm2:2345:wait:sh /opt/lib/cobol/aslmf/appinit.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 instead of
mFlm:2345:wait:sh /opt/lib/cobol/aslmf/appinit.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 so as to not duplicate but it still does n't fire when system boots.It fires when the above line only exists in /etc/inittab instead of

mFlm:2345:wait:sh /etc/mflmrcscript > /dev/null 2>&1

mFlm:2345:wait:sh /opt/lib/cobol/aslmf/appinit.sh > /dev/null 2>&1

Are there any logs I can look into for init process errors

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hmmm, let's see "mFlm2" is five characters and only the first four count; thus, "mFlm" and "mFlm2" are identical for init purposes.

Change the second one to "xFlm" and I'll bet your problems go away. Make sure that you do an init q after the change.

[ramprakash surulirajan]

Thanks for all your input