[vbox-dev] Linux, systemd and symbolic links

[Sérgio Basto]

On Seg, 2015-11-09 at 09:29 +0100, Michael Thayer wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Excuse me setting a bad example here by cross-posting to two lists.  I 
> have a request to anyone there using a Linux system running systemd 
> (host, guest, no matter) with a bit of time to do a quick check.  I 
> think that on systems running systemd, /sbin/init (if it exists at all) 
> is always a symbolic link with "systemd" in the target.  Would you be 
> able to give me feedback for any Linux systems you have readily 
> available running systemd if this is indeed the case, and if so what the 
> link target is?  Obviously no need to give identical feedback to what 
> someone else has already given (for example, on my Ubuntu 15.10 host, 
> "/sbin/init" points to "/lib/systemd/systemd": I don't need any more 
> feedback for Ubuntu 15.10 unless you find that it is different on your 
> system).


Fedora 21:
ll /sbin/init
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jun  9 14:40 /sbin/init
-> ../lib/systemd/systemd

BTW: In https://github.com/rpmfusion/VirtualBox I made this 2 systemd
services: 
https://github.com/rpmfusion/VirtualBox/blob/master/vboxservice.service
https://github.com/rpmfusion/VirtualBox/blob/master/vboxweb.service

you may license it under MIT license 
-- 
Sérgio M. B.