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Because when you're a sysadmin, you often have to write init scripts for the software you have to run. Typically, you run servers for a company, the developers
by eloisant 12y ago
Because when you're a sysadmin, you often have to write init scripts for the software you have to run.
Typically, you run servers for a company, the developers wrote a web application and the whole point of the server is to serve that app. You need init scripts to start, stop monitor this app. The choice of init system makes a big difference in your daily life.
- state_machine 12y agosystemd doesn't care what it is starting, so you can hand it a shell script just as easily as anything else. See item #4 on http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html
- noselasd 12y ago* systemd init files are a lot easier to write and get right, and you get supervision for free * you can continue to use sysv init scripts with systemd