Debian – the default /etc/inittab file on a fresh install of Debian Jessie

configurationdebianinitsystemd

I'm looking for the full contents of the default /etc/inittab file on a fresh install of Debian 8.7 before any system-specific modifications are made.

I searched for this on the Debian website and other forums, but could not find it.

Best Answer

/etc/inittab is installed by the sysvinit package. You can see the default version for Jessie here, and the current default version here.

A new install of Jessie generally won’t have an /etc/inittab file at all, it’s not necessary with systemd.

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