.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)