What replaces initlog in RHEL 6?

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Issue

  • /sbin/initlog has been removed from the initscripts package in RHEL 6. Can you please tell me what replaced it?
  • Why has initlog has been removed from initscripts package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6?
  • What replaces initlog?
  • initlog has been removed in RHEL 6. We have initscripts which use initlog like

    initlog -c "su -s /bin/bash - $user -c \"$*\""
    

    What would be the equivalent in RHEL 6?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6

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