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<a href="http://smarden.org/pape/">G. Pape</a><br>
<a href="index.html">runit</a><br>
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<h1>runit - use with traditional init</h1>
<hr>
It's possible to use <i>runit</i>'s service supervision without replacing
the <i>init</i> scheme of the system.
Simply run the <i>stage 2</i> of <i>runit</i> as a service with your
current <i>init</i>.
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Normally this is done by either adding <tt>/etc/runit/2</tt> as command to
</tt>/etc/rc.local</tt>, or by adding an entry for <tt>/etc/runit/2</tt> to
<tt>/etc/inittab</tt>.
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If your system uses a sysvinit alike init scheme with a <tt>/etc/inittab</tt>
file, do:
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  # cat &gt;&gt;/etc/inittab &lt;&lt;EOT
  SV:123456:respawn:/etc/runit/2
  EOT
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and tell <i>init</i> to reread its configuration, e.g.:
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  # init q
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If your system uses a BSD alike init scheme with a <tt>/etc/rc.local</tt>
script, do:
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  # cat &gt;&gt;/etc/rc.local &lt;&lt;EOT
  /etc/runit/2 &amp;
  EOT
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and reboot your system.
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<address><a href="mailto:pape@smarden.org">
Gerrit Pape &lt;pape@smarden.org&gt;
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