Question 59Asked in UGC NET Computer Science, June 2017 (Paper II & III, Selected Questions)

Which statements is not correct about "init" process in Unix?

  1. AIt is generally the parent of the login shell
  2. BIt has PID 1.
  3. CIt is the first process in the system.
  4. DInit forks and execs a 'getty' process at every port connected to a terminal.
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Correct answer: (C) It is the first process in the system.

Explanation

'init' (PID 1) is not the first process in the system; it is the second, since the scheduler/swapper process (PID 0) is created first. So statement (c) is not correct.

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