aix_inittab - Manages the inittab on AIX.

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Manages the inittab on AIX.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • itertools

Options

parameter required default choices comments
action
 yes
  • respawn
  • wait
  • once
  • boot
  • bootwait
  • powerfail
  • powerwait
  • off
  • hold
  • ondemand
  • initdefault
  • sysinit
Action what the init has to do with this entry.
command
 yes
What command has to run.
insertafter
 no
After which inittabline should the new entry inserted.
name
 yes
Name of the inittab entry.
aliases: service
runlevel
 yes
Runlevel of the entry.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
Whether the entry should be present or absent in the inittab file

Examples

# Add service startmyservice to the inittab, directly after service existingservice.
- name: Add startmyservice to inittab
  aix_inittab:
    name: startmyservice
    runlevel: 4
    action: once
    command: "echo hello"
    insertafter: existingservice
    state: present
  become: yes

# Change inittab entry startmyservice to runlevel "2" and processaction "wait".
- name: Change startmyservice to inittab
  aix_inittab:
    name: startmyservice
    runlevel: 2
    action: wait
    command: "echo hello"
    state: present
  become: yes

# Remove inittab entry startmyservice.
- name: remove startmyservice from inittab
  aix_inittab:
    name: startmyservice
    runlevel: 2
    action: wait
    command: "echo hello"
    state: absent
  become: yes

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name description returned type sample
changed
whether the inittab changed or not
 always boolean True
msg
action done with the inittab entry
 changed string changed inittab entry startmyservice
name
name of the adjusted inittab entry
 always string startmyservice

Notes

Note

  • The changes are persistent across reboots, you need root rights to read or adjust the inittab with the lsitab, chitab, mkitab or rmitab commands.
  • tested on AIX 7.1.

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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