Exam LX0-103 topic 1 question 4 discussion

The first program that is usually started, at boot time, by the Linux kernel when using SysV init is: B. /sbin/init The /sbin/init program is the first program started by the Linux kernel when using SysV init. It is responsible for initializing the system, setting up the environment, and starting other system services and user processes. The init program is the parent of all other processes on the system, and it is responsible for controlling the system runlevel, which determines the state of the system and what services are running. The other options listed are not programs that are typically started by the Linux kernel at boot time: A. /lib/init.so - This is a shared library, not an executable program. C. /etc/rc.d/rcinit - This is not a standard file location for an initialization script. D. /proc/sys/kernel/init - This is a virtual file system, not an executable program. E. /boot/init - This is not a standard file location for the init program.

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