LXer: Book Exercpt: A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 

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The init DaemonThe init daemon is the system and service manager for Linux. It is the first true process Linux starts when it boots and as such, has a PID of 1 and is the ancestor of all processes. The init daemon has been around since the early days of UNIX, and many people have worked to improve it. more>>

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