/etc/rc.2 and background processes

[Robert C. White Jr.]

in article <890 at creare.UUCP>, gda at creare.UUCP (Gray Abbott) says:
> Anyway, I'd like to know what's going on, and also how to make it do
> what I want.  Why does the background process die?  How can I prevent
> this?

Everything from /etc/rc().d is run under a single shell.  when you
release execution back to the master shell it is getting "death of a
parent"ed to death.  You will either have to protect the shell against
signals, or run it some different way.

How 'bout adding the script to /etc/inittab at the bottom with the code
"once".  It dosn't really have to be at the end, but this way the gettys
are running before the process starts.

Rob.