My script has 2 pecularities: 1) When it gets SIGTERM or SIGINT, it writes some data into PostgreSQL and this takes 10-15 seconds 2) When it is started numerous times, then the subsequent runs will fail immediately, because only the 1st instance will be able to listen at the TCP-port 8080 And in /var/log/messages I see: ... 17:44:25 static init: pref main process ended, respawning 17:44:26 static init: pref main process (2128) terminated with status 98 17:44:26 static init: pref main process ended, respawning 17:44:26 static init: pref main process (2133) terminated with status 98 17:44:26 static init: pref respawning too fast, stopped is that all maybe the reason and is there something I could do? (maybe somehow delay the subsequent spawns?) Regards Alex On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Alexander Farber <alexander.farber at gmail.com> wrote: > http://serverfault.com/questions/318742/etc-inittab-respawn-script-migrating-from-rhel-centos-5-x-to-6-x >