Getting "Unknown job" error while launching the new TTY

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Issue

  • Getting initctl: Unknown job: tty error while launching the new TTY
# initctl start tty TTY=/dev/tty7
initctl: Unknown job: tty

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5

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