init has a socket?

[Ben Elliston]

>>>>> "nelson" == nelson  <nelson at magna.com.au> writes:

  nelson> stream would be a unix socket, ie IPC, not a tcp socket.  
  nelson> under linux isn't there another prog that's
  nelson> linked to init that sends signals to init?
  nelson> if so that might be an answer - been a while since i've 
  nelson> done anything with linux...

The Unix domain socket is there for telinit to talk to init.

Ben