.TH inittab 5 2009-07-09 "Upstart" .\" .SH NAME inittab \- init daemon configuration .\" .SH SYNOPSIS .B /etc/inittab .\" .SH DESCRIPTION The .I /etc/inittab file was the configuration file used by the original System V .BR init (8) daemon. The Upstart .BR init (8) daemon does not use this file, and instead reads its configuration from files in .IR /etc/init . See .BR init (5) for more details. .\" .SH SEE ALSO .BR init (8) .BR init (5)