rmitab Command

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Purpose

Removes records in the /etc/inittab record. You can specify a record to remove by using the Identifier parameter. The Identifier parameter specifies a field of one to fourteen characters used to uniquely identify an object. If the Identifier field is not unique, the command is unsuccessful.

Security

Attention RBAC users and Trusted AIX® users: This command can perform privileged operations. Only privileged users can run privileged operations. For more information about authorizations and privileges, see Privileged Command Database in Security. For a list of privileges and the authorizations associated with this command, see the lssecattr command or the getcmdattr subcommand.

Examples

To remove the tty entry for tty2 , enter:

rmitab "tty002"