inittab – Manage inittab entries on AIX.

Synopsis

It allows to create, change and remove entries in the /etc/inittab file.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• AIX >= 7.1 TL3

• Python >= 2.7

• Privileged user with authorization: aix.system.config.inittab

Parameters

state (True, str, None)

Specifies the action to be performed for the entry.

present creates the entry in the /etc/inittab file.

absent deletes an existing entry.

modify changes an existing entry.

name (True, str, None)

Specifies the name of the entry to manage.

runlevel (True, str, None)

Specifies the run levels in which the name can be processed.

The format is the level number next to each other without separators, such as '235789'.

action (True, str, None)

Specifies the action init will perform.

command (True, str, None)

Specifies the command to run.

insertafter (optional, str, None)

Specifies the name of the entry to write the new entry after.

Examples

- name: Create new entry for uprintfd
  inittab:
    state: present
    name: uprintfd
    runlevel: '23456789'
    action: 'respawn'
    command: '/usr/sbin/uprintfd'
    insertafter: 'perfstat'

- name: Change entry for uprintfd
  inittab:
    state: modify
    name: uprintfd
    runlevel: '1234567'
    action: 'respawn'
    command: '/usr/sbin/uprintfd'

Return Values

msg (always, str, )

The execution message.

rc’ (If the command failed., int, )

The return code.

stdout’ (If the command failed., str, )

The standard output.

stderr’ (If the command failed., str, )

The standard error.

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by community.

Authors

• AIX development Team (@pbfinley1911)